Remote SRE & Platform Infrastructure Intern

United States Digital Space LLC; United States; Hybrid; USD 8,500 - 11,000; Full time

Job summary

United States Digital Space LLC seeks a motivated Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) / Platform Infrastructure Engineer Intern to learn how large-scale systems are built, deployed, and maintained in a fast-paced environment.

You will work with experienced engineers to support infrastructure, improve reliability, and contribute to automation, tooling, and AI-assisted productivity across Kubernetes, AWS, and distributed systems.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing or recently completed a degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
• Basic understanding of cloud platforms (AWS preferred), Linux systems, and networking concepts.
• Familiarity with at least one programming language (Golang, Python, or similar).
• Understanding of basic database concepts (MySQL, PostgreSQL) is a plus.
• Exposure to containers (Docker) and/or Kubernetes is a plus.
• Interest in distributed systems, reliability, and infrastructure engineering.
• Strong problem-solving skills and willingness to learn.
• Good communication skills and ability to work in a team environment.
• Demonstrated experience working with Claude or equivalent large language model tools is required; candidates must be comfortable leveraging AI to enhance productivity, research, and communication.

Responsibilities

• Assist in building, maintaining, and improving infrastructure systems using Kubernetes and AWS.
• Monitor system performance, and help troubleshoot production and staging issues.
• Contribute to improving observability by working with tools like Prometheus, Grafana, or similar.
• Help automate repetitive tasks and improve developer workflows using scripts or tools.
• Participate in on-call shadowing and incident reviews to learn how reliability is managed in production systems.
• Work with engineers to identify bottlenecks and improve system performance and scalability.
• Contribute to documentation and help maintain operational runbooks.
• Explore and experiment with AI and automation tools to improve engineering productivity.

Skills

Cloud basics (AWS)

Golang

Python

Linux

Networking

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Gitlab

Prometheus

Grafana

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Education

Computer Science / Engineering degree

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

Git

Gitlab

Prometheus

Grafana

AWS

MySQL

PostgreSQL

Elasticsearch

Job description

United States Digital Space LLC seeks a motivated Site Reliability Engineering (SRE) / Platform Infrastructure Engineer Intern to learn how large-scale systems are built, deployed, and maintained in a fast-paced environment.

You will work with experienced engineers to support infrastructure, improve reliability, and contribute to automation, tooling, and AI-assisted productivity across Kubernetes, AWS, and distributed systems.