Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Wintermeyer Ventures; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

Wintermeyer Ventures is seeking an experienced SRE/Infrastructure engineer to scale distributed systems for high-volume data ingestion and real-time AI agents. You will shape infrastructure practices as the platform grows, owning reliability and performance.

Join a startup-lean team with hands-on work across ETL pipelines, data infra, and tooling in Python, TypeScript, or Java. Hybrid in Palo Alto, four days on-site, with visa restrictions noted.

Qualifications

• 5 to 16 years of experience in SRE, infrastructure, platform, or DevOps engineering.
• Startup or rapidly scaling company experience preferred, with established SRE practices.

Responsibilities

• Own the reliability and scalability of distributed systems for data ingestion and real-time AI agents.
• Build and improve ETL pipelines and data infrastructure using AWS, Kubernetes, Postgres, and ClickHouse.
• Develop automation, tooling, and product features across the stack with Python, TypeScript, or Java.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation, respond to customer issues, and lead incident response.
• Strengthen infrastructure-as-code with Pulumi, CI/CD, and observability practices.

Skills

SRE experience

Cloud AWS

Kubernetes

Programming in Python/TypeScript/Java

Cross-functional collaboration

Education

Bachelor's degree

Tools

AWS

Kubernetes

Postgres

ClickHouse

Pulumi

CI/CD

Job description

About the Role

Join the infrastructure team at an early-stage AI-powered social software company. You will help scale the distributed systems behind high-volume data ingestion and real-time AI agents, while shaping infrastructure practices as the platform grows.

What You'll Do

• Own the reliability and scalability of distributed systems supporting data ingestion and real-time AI agents.
• Build and improve ETL pipelines and data infrastructure using AWS, Kubernetes, Postgres, and ClickHouse.
• Develop automation, tooling, and product features across the stack with Python, TypeScript, or Java, working with product and design teams.
• Participate in a 24/7 on-call rotation, respond to customer issues, and lead incident response.
• Strengthen infrastructure-as-code with Pulumi, CI/CD, and observability practices.

What We're Looking For

• 5 to 16 years of experience in SRE, infrastructure, platform, or DevOps engineering, including operating production systems.
• Recent experience at a startup or rapidly scaling company, ideally with experience establishing or maturing an SRE practice.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or similar cloud infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, Kubernetes, and distributed systems.
• Full-stack experience building operational services and tooling with Python, TypeScript, or Java.
• A degree, strong cross-functional collaboration skills, and a track record without a pattern of roles lasting less than a year.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary is $200,000 to $300,000 annually. Candidates must have US work authorization or be eligible for visa transfer. New visa sponsorship is not available.

Location

Hybrid in Palo Alto, California, with four days per week on-site.