Senior Cloud Infra & DNS Systems Engineer

Leadout Capital; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Leadout Capital is seeking a senior backend engineer to design and improve our large-scale cloud infrastructure. You will develop resilient Python services, automate infrastructure, and operate distributed systems across multiple data centers.

Applicants should have 5+ years of Python backend experience, strong Linux knowledge, and hands-on cloud architecture across GCP/AWS/Azure. Proficiency with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD is essential.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of backend software development experience (Python) with Cloud Architecture.
• Strong Linux systems administration and troubleshooting skills.
• Experience with Python, OOP, design patterns, data structures and concurrency.
• Experience with public cloud platforms (GCP, AWS, or Azure).
• Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker).
• Experience with infrastructure automation tools like Terraform, Git, Spinnaker.

Responsibilities

• Deliver cloud infrastructure automation tools, frameworks, workflows, and validation platforms on our public cloud platforms.
• Design, develop, debug, and operate resilient distributed systems across thousands of compute nodes.
• Use and contribute to open source technology.
• Develop Infrastructure-as-Code and write microservices on Kubernetes and Docker.
• Address complex technical issues to improve system availability and performance.
• Participate in on-call rotation to keep services operational.

Skills

Python

Cloud architecture

Linux

Concurrency

OOP

Data structures

Algorithms

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

CI/CD

Networking

Git

On-call

Tools

Kubernetes

Docker

Terraform

Spinnaker

Puppet

Ansible

Grafana

Splunk

Job description

Leadout Capital is seeking a senior backend engineer to design and improve our large-scale cloud infrastructure. You will develop resilient Python services, automate infrastructure, and operate distributed systems across multiple data centers.

Applicants should have 5+ years of Python backend experience, strong Linux knowledge, and hands-on cloud architecture across GCP/AWS/Azure. Proficiency with Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, and CI/CD is essential.