Senior Cloud Platform Engineer — AWS, Kubernetes & IaC

Level AI; Austin (TX); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Level AI is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and operate our cloud platform on AWS. You will own the Kubernetes platform, IaC pipelines, and foundational services that power Level's products, collaborating with a small, senior team to improve reliability, performance, and developer velocity.

This role emphasizes security, cost optimization, and robust observability. You will mentor engineers, set platform standards, and implement self-service tooling that lets product

Qualifications

• 5+ years operating large-scale cloud infrastructure (AWS strongly preferred).
• Deep IaC experience (Terraform/OpenTofu; CloudFormation/Pulumi/CDK also relevant).
• Strong Docker/Kubernetes (EKS) production experience.
• Scripting/automation proficiency (Python, Go, or Bash).
• Solid cloud networking fundamentals (VPC, DNS, load balancing, ingress, firewalls/WAF, VPNs) and security best practices.
• Proven CI/CD and GitOps experience (GitHub Actions or similar).
• Observability experience (metrics/logs/traces) used to drive real decisions.
• Track record leading infrastructure projects independently, end to end.
• Strong communication across technical and non-technical audiences.

Responsibilities

• Cloud Infrastructure & IaC — design, build, and operate secure AWS infra with Terraform/OpenTofu and GitOps (Atlantis).
• Kubernetes & Platform Operations — operate EKS, autoscaling, upgrades, core add-ons, and Helm-based delivery (ArgoCD).
• CI/CD & Developer Enablement — build and maintain GitHub Actions pipelines with self-service tooling.
• Networking, Ingress & DNS — manage ingress/egress, service mesh (Linkerd/Envoy), TLS, and Route53/DNS.
• Observability & Reliability — implement OpenTelemetry/SigNoz; drive reliability through telemetry.
• Security & Compliance — enforce cloud security best practices and guardrails; protect student data.
• Ownership & Mentorship — set standards and mentor engineers to improve the platform.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure design

Kubernetes & EKS

IaC (Terraform/OpenTofu)

CI/CD & GitOps

Scripting (Python/Go/Bash)

Networking & security

Observability & reliability

Communication

Project leadership

Tools

Terraform/OpenTofu

AWS

EKS

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Traefik

Linkerd/Envoy

Route53

Job description

Level AI is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to design, build, and operate our cloud platform on AWS. You will own the Kubernetes platform, IaC pipelines, and foundational services that power Level's products, collaborating with a small, senior team to improve reliability, performance, and developer velocity.

This role emphasizes security, cost optimization, and robust observability. You will mentor engineers, set platform standards, and implement self-service tooling that lets product