Senior Cloud Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure

Handshake; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 176,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity in Handshake

Parental leave & fertility benefits

Flexible PTO

Free lunch and gym in SF office

Remote & Office setup

Job summary

Handshake, the career network for the AI economy, is seeking a Senior Cloud Engineer on the Agentic Infrastructure team in San Francisco. You will shape the foundation that our engineering teams build on, treating infrastructure as a product and driving automation and scalability.

You will design cloud-native systems across GCP/AWS/Azure, codify IaC with Terraform or Crossplane, and run CI/CD pipelines with Buildkite and ArgoCD, partnering with teams to reduce toil and boost developer velocity.

Qualifications

• Experience with GCP, AWS, or Azure at production scale.
• Proficient in Terraform or Crossplane for IaC.
• Fluency with CI/CD tooling (Buildkite, GitHub Actions) and GitOps (ArgoCD/Flux).
• Experience designing Kubernetes-native architectures.
• Interest in applying AI and automation to infrastructure problems.

Responsibilities

• Architect and manage scalable, reliable cloud infrastructure across production and development environments.
• Define and enforce best practices for cloud deployments to enable safe shipping.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (Buildkite) and GitOps workflows (ArgoCD) to streamline code to production.
• Own and evolve Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform, Crossplane, or similar IaC tooling.
• Drive platform improvements that reduce toil and boost developer velocity.
• Explore and implement AI-driven approaches to infrastructure automation, observability, and incident response.
• Partner with engineering teams to design cloud-native systems from the ground up.
• Mentor engineers on cloud best practices and patterns.

Skills

Cloud platforms (GCP/AWS/Azure)

Infrastructure as Code

Terraform

Crossplane

CI/CD tooling

Buildkite

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD/GitOps

Kubernetes

Automation/AI in infra

Communication

Documentation & collaboration

Tools

Terraform

Crossplane

Buildkite

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Kubernetes

Istio/Linkerd

Job description

Senior Cloud Engineer, Agentic Infrastructure

Location

Employment Type

Full time

Department

Compensation

• $176K – $220K

For cash compensation, we set standard ranges for all U.S.-based roles based on function, level, and geographic location, benchmarked against similar stage growth companies. In order to be compliant with local legislation, as well as to provide greater transparency to candidates, we share salary ranges on all job postings regardless of desired hiring location. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including geographic location as well as candidate experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

About Handshake

Handshake is the career network for the AI economy. 20 million knowledge workers, 1,600 educational institutions, 1 million employers (including 100% of the Fortune 50), and every foundational AI lab trust Handshake to power career discovery, hiring, and upskilling, from freelance AI training gigs to first internships to full-time careers and beyond. This unique value is leading to unparalleled growth; in 2025, we tripled our ARR at scale.

Why join Handshake now:

Shape how every career evolves in the AI economy, at global scale, with impact your friends, family & peers can see & feel

Work hand-in-hand with world-class AI labs, Fortune 500 partners & the world's top educational institutions

Join a team with leadership from Scale AI, Meta, xAI, Notion, Coinbase, & Palantir, among others

Build a massive, fast-growing business with billions in revenue

The Role

At Handshake, we believe the infrastructure you build should be as thoughtful as the product it supports. We're looking for a Senior Cloud Engineer on the Agentic Infrastructure team who's excited to shape the foundation that our engineering teams build on — someone who sees infrastructure not as plumbing, but as a product in itself.

As a Senior Cloud Engineer, you'll be at the center of how we design, deploy, and evolve our cloud infrastructure. You'll work closely with engineering, platform, and security teams to define patterns that scale — and make it genuinely easy for developers to do the right thing. You'll codify best practices, champion automation, and bring a modern, opinionated perspective on how cloud-native infrastructure should work.

This isn't a "keep the lights on" role. You'll be architecting systems, writing the playbooks others follow, and pushing us toward a more intelligent, automated infrastructure future.

What You'll Do

Architect and manage scalable, reliable cloud infrastructure across our production and development environments

Define and enforce best practices for cloud deployments, making it easy for teams to ship safely and confidently

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines (we use Buildkite) and GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to streamline how code gets from commit to production

Own and evolve our Infrastructure as Code practices using Terraform, Crossplane, or similar IaC tooling

Drive platform improvements that reduce toil and increase developer velocity

Explore and implement AI-driven approaches to infrastructure automation, observability, and incident response

Partner with engineering teams to design systems that are cloud-native from the ground up

Mentor engineers across the organization on cloud best practices and patterns

You Have

Deep hands-on experience with GCP (strongly preferred), AWS, or Azure — you've run production workloads at scale and know where the bodies are buried

Strong proficiency with Infrastructure as Code, particularly Terraform or experience with Crossplane or similar policy-driven IaC

Fluency with modern CI/CD tooling — Buildkite, GitHub Actions, or similar — and a strong GitOps mindset with tools like ArgoCD or Flux

Experience designing container-based and Kubernetes-native architectures

A genuine curiosity about applying AI and automation to infrastructure problems — whether that's smarter alerting, self-healing systems, or LLM-assisted runbooks

Strong communication skills — you can explain a complex architectural decision to an engineer and an executive alike

A collaborative spirit and a bias toward documentation, standards, and shared ownership

Bonus Points

Familiarity with FinOps practices and cloud cost optimization

Background in platform engineering or developer experience (DX)

Exposure to Cloud Security practices, and experience with IAM, SIEM, scanning, etc.

Experience with service mesh architectures (Istio, Linkerd)

We Offer

Handshake delivers benefits that help you feel supported — and thrive at work and in life.

The below benefits are for full-time US employees.

Ownership: Equity in a fast-growing company

Family Support: Paid parental leave, fertility benefits, parental coaching

Remote & Office: Internet, commuting, & free lunch/gym in our SF office

Time Off: Flexible PTO, 15 holidays + 2 flex days