Senior Infrastructure Engineer (Core Infra

Workato; New York (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Paid time off

401(k) plan

Job summary

Workato is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to design and scale a distributed cloud platform. You will partner with AI and iPaaS teams to deliver secure, high-performance infrastructure across global deployments.

The role requires 7+ years in infrastructure, deep Linux expertise, AWS, and hands-on Terraform/Kubernetes experience, with a strong focus on CI/CD, security, and reliability.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of infrastructure or systems engineering experience.
• Experience with distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong Linux internals knowledge, including networking and performance tuning.
• Experience operating AWS infrastructure at scale.
• Proficiency with Terraform and Kubernetes.
• Understanding of network and cloud security best practices.
• Hands-on CI/CD optimization and deployment automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain a global, distributed, and resilient cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate with AI engineering and iPaaS engineering teams to plan and deliver complex platform initiatives.
• Patch and optimize open-source components for performance and security.
• Build iPaaS and AI infrastructure at scale and cross-cloud.
• Manage and provision AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Kubernetes.
• Write and maintain Kubernetes manifests and deployment configurations for critical workloads.
• Improve and maintain CI/CD pipelines for scalable and secure component delivery.
• Tune Linux systems and open-source software for high performance and hardened security.
• Build internal tools to streamline engineering workflows and operational automation.
• Participate in architecture reviews, incident response, and performance analysis to ensure system reliability.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud-native architectures

Linux internals

AWS at scale

Terraform

Kubernetes

CI/CD

Security best practices

Troubleshooting

Communication

Tools

Terraform

Kubernetes

Job description

Workato delivers enterprise infrastructure for the agentic era, redefining iPaaS and helping enterprises unify data, applications, processes, and AI into a single, governed platform. A leader in Enterprise MCP and trusted by 50% of the Fortune 500, Workato’s cloud-native architecture connects every application, data source, and process to power real-time orchestration at scale. With enterprise-grade security and continuous innovation at its core, Workato provides the trusted foundation for organizations to automate with confidence and operationalize AI across the business.

Role Overview

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you’ll be part of the team responsible for the architecture, scalability, and reliability of Workato’s distributed cloud platform. You’ll design and optimize the systems that allow our services to run securely and efficiently at scale. This is a highly technical role that requires deep experience with cloud infrastructure, Linux internals, and large-scale distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and maintain a global, distributed, and resilient cloud infrastructure.
• Collaborate with AI engineering and iPaaS engineering teams to plan and deliver complex platform initiatives.
• Patch and optimize open-source components for performance and security.
• Build iPaaS and AI infrastructure at scale and cross-cloud.
• Manage and provision AWS infrastructure using Terraform and Kubernetes.
• Write and maintain Kubernetes manifests and deployment configurations for critical workloads.
• Improve and maintain CI/CD pipelines for scalable and secure component delivery.
• Tune Linux systems and open-source software for high performance and hardened security.
• Build internal tools to streamline engineering workflows and operational automation.
• Participate in architecture reviews, incident response, and performance analysis to ensure system reliability.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure or systems engineering roles.
• Proven expertise in distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong understanding of Linux internals, including networking and system-level performance tuning.
• Experience operating infrastructure on AWS at scale.
• Proficiency with Terraform, Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of network security and cloud security best practices.
• Hands-on experience optimizing CI/CD workflows and automating deployments.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.

Nice to Have

• Experience with Golang for tooling or internal services.
• Experience building cross-cloud AI infrastructure.
• Familiarity with Kafka, Redis, ClickHouse, PostgreSQL, or similar technologies.
• Experience with observability tools such as Grafana, Prometheus, or VictoriaMetrics.
• Understanding of Vault or other secrets management systems.
• Contributions to or maintenance of open-source infrastructure projects.

Tech Stack

• AWS
• Terraform
• Kubernetes
• LiteLLM
• Quadrant
• ArgoCD
• Kafka
• PostgreSQL
• Redis
• ClickHouse
• Grafana
• VictoriaMetrics
• Vault

This is a full-time position with a salary range of $180,000.00 - $240,000.00 per year, depending on experience and qualifications. The package includes health insurance, paid time off, and a 401(k) plan.

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure or systems engineering roles.
• Proven expertise in distributed systems and cloud-native architectures.
• Strong understanding of Linux internals, including networking and system-level performance tuning.
• Experience operating infrastructure on AWS at scale.
• Proficiency with Terraform, Kubernetes.
• Solid understanding of network security and cloud security best practices.
• Hands-on experience optimizing CI/CD workflows and automating deployments.
• Excellent analytical, troubleshooting, and communication skills.