Senior Infrastructure Engineer

present of AI; San Francisco (CA); Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Fieldguide is seeking a Senior Cloud Platform Engineer in San Francisco or Remote (USA) to own the cloud platform and design, run AWS infrastructure as code, ensure security and observability, and lead incident response when things break.

A strong candidate brings hands-on cloud experience, Terraform expertise, monitoring tooling, and experience in audited compliance settings, paired with mentoring and clear communication with leadership.

Qualifications

• Hands-on cloud architecture and operations experience.
• Experience with audited compliance environments (SOC 2, etc).
• Strong mentoring and leadership communication with executives.

Responsibilities

• Design and run AWS infrastructure as code with Terraform.
• Ensure security, observability and incident response leadership.
• Collaborate with leadership and other teams to guide architecture.

Skills

AWS cloud

Terraform

Cloud security & compliance

Incident response leadership

Tools

Terraform

Monitoring tools

Job description

Engineering · San Francisco, CA or Remote (USA) / Remote (US) · Full-time · Senior level

This role owns the cloud platform that other engineering teams build on, so it asks for someone who can design and run AWS infrastructure as code, keep it secure and observable, and lead incident response when things break. A strong candidate brings several years of hands on cloud work, comfort with Terraform and monitoring tools, and experience in audited compliance settings. Mentoring and clear communication with leadership matter as much as technical depth.

How it fits the AI era

AI shows up in two ways here: the company builds AI agents for audit work, and the role is expected to build AI enabled tooling that lifts the whole engineering team. Much of the day to day still rests on human judgment, such as architectural calls, incident command, and explaining tradeoffs to executives. Reliability and security fundamentals stay firmly human owned even as automation spreads.

How it builds AI experience

Working here means gaining exposure to infrastructure that supports AI agents in a regulated audit product, plus chances to build AI tooling for engineers and internal applications. A candidate can prepare by learning how AI services are deployed and monitored in cloud environments and by practicing safe handling of data in compliance bound systems. Experience with database performance and observability would strengthen that foundation.

Worth showing

• AWS cloud at scale
• Terraform infrastructure as code
• Monitoring and alerting setup
• SOC 2 compliance work
• Incident response leadership

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About Fieldguide

AI agents that plan, test and review audit and advisory engagements for CPA firms, on a platform built by a former auditor.