Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Next Ventures; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 160,000; Full time

Job summary

A fast-growing technology company is seeking an experienced Infrastructure / Platform Engineer to enhance internal systems and maintain secure cloud infrastructure. This role involves improving developer workflows, managing cloud environments, and ensuring system security. Candidates should have 5-10+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering or DevOps and strong problem-solving skills. The position supports a hybrid work schedule, catering to those in the New York City area.

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering.
• Strong experience working with modern cloud infrastructure.
• Experience building and automating infrastructure through code.
• Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks such as SOC2.
• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to operate in fast-paced environments.

Responsibilities

• Support internal teams by configuring and maintaining infrastructure access and APIs.
• Improve performance and maintainability of internal codebases and build systems.
• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines and build workflows.
• Optimize cloud infrastructure performance and reliability.
• Support implementation of security standards and access controls.
• Improve logging, monitoring, and alerting systems.

Skills

Infrastructure engineering

DevOps

Platform engineering

Cloud infrastructure

CI/CD pipelines

Problem-solving

Communication

Job description

About the Opportunity

A fast-growing technology company is building solutions designed to simplify complex systems and help individuals better navigate important real-world challenges. By leveraging modern infrastructure and advances in AI, the team is developing tools that reduce friction, improve transparency, and create meaningful impact for users.

The company is well-funded and operating in a high-growth environment with a strong engineering culture focused on building scalable, reliable systems.

While parts of the engineering team operate remotely across the United States, candidates based in the New York City area are encouraged to apply. Local team members typically follow a hybrid schedule with several in-office days per week.

Role Overview

The team is seeking an experienced Infrastructure / Platform Engineer to help scale internal systems, improve developer productivity, and maintain secure and reliable cloud infrastructure.

This role will work closely with engineering teams to improve development workflows, manage cloud environments, strengthen security and compliance practices, and ensure systems remain highly observable and resilient.

Key Responsibilities

Platform & API Enablement

• Support internal teams by configuring and maintaining infrastructure access and APIs across internal systems

• Ensure integrations are secure, scalable, and cost-efficient

Developer Experience

• Improve performance and maintainability of internal codebases and build systems

• Enhance local development environments and container-based workflows

• Identify and implement improvements that help engineering teams move faster

CI/CD & Deployment

• Maintain and improve CI/CD pipelines and build workflows

• Implement strategies to optimize build speed and reliability

• Manage deployments across development and production environments using infrastructure-as-code tools

Cloud Infrastructure

• Maintain and optimize cloud infrastructure including compute, networking, and database systems

• Monitor system performance and ensure infrastructure reliability

• Manage provisioning and access to cloud resources

Security & Compliance

• Support implementation of security standards and access controls

• Assist with internal compliance initiatives and monitoring systems

• Maintain device and access management policies

Monitoring & Observability

• Improve logging, monitoring, and alerting systems

• Help reduce operational overhead by improving system visibility and reliability

Qualifications

• 5–10+ years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or platform engineering

• Strong experience working with modern cloud infrastructure

• Experience building and automating infrastructure through code

• Familiarity with security and compliance frameworks such as SOC2

• Experience managing CI/CD pipelines and development workflows

• Strong problem-solving skills and ability to operate in fast-paced environments

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills