Senior Infrastructure Engineer, Real-Time Distributed Systems

YARD Corporate; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

YARD Corporate is partnering with a trailblazing startup reshaping the QSR voice AI space. We’re seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Infrastructure team, building a cloud-native distributed system in Python and Rust that handles real-time audio streams at scale.

You will own critical backend components, drive large initiatives from concept to production, and push for reliability, security (SOC 2) and observability. Strong leadership and deep systems knowledge are essential.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering with a focus on Python development.
• Deep, practical knowledge of Python Asyncio and Python profiling.
• Proven leadership capabilities with experience leading teams on ambiguous projects.
• Exceptional software design and architecture skills.
• Hands-on experience managing cloud infrastructure with Kubernetes, Helm and Terraform.
• Solid understanding of Networking Protocols and Operating Systems.
• Experience delivering and scaling production-grade distributed cloud systems.
• Proficiency with observability stacks and gRPC troubleshooting.
• Strong LLM prompting capabilities alongside strong engineering fundamentals.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• BSc in Computer Science or equivalent real-world experience.

Responsibilities

• Infrastructure Ownership: take charge of critical components in our real-time, distributed backend ecosystem (Python/Rust).
• End-to-End Delivery: drive large-scale, technically complex initiatives from initial concept to production, even with evolving requirements.
• System Reliability: hunt down stability bottlenecks, fix complex production issues, and reduce incidents.
• Security & Compliance: oversee SOC 2 architecture and guide the team handling daily execution.
• Engineering Excellence: push development velocity without compromising reliability standards.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Problem solving

Team collaboration

Education

BSc Computer Science or equivalent

Tools

Python

Asyncio

Python Profiling

Rust

Kubernetes

Helm

Terraform

gRPC

Networking

Operating Systems

Job description

YARD Corporate is partnering with a trailblazing startup reshaping the QSR voice AI space. We’re seeking a Senior Software Engineer to join the Infrastructure team, building a cloud-native distributed system in Python and Rust that handles real-time audio streams at scale.

You will own critical backend components, drive large initiatives from concept to production, and push for reliability, security (SOC 2) and observability. Strong leadership and deep systems knowledge are essential.