Senior Staff Infrastructure Engineer - Cloud & Reliability

Initio Capital LLC; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 185,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

Initio Capital LLC in San Francisco Bay Area is seeking senior Staff Infrastructure Engineer to lead the design and delivery of reliable software systems for growing technology companies. You will own architecture decisions, improve production resilience, and mentor engineers across product and go-to-market teams.

We look for a track record of shipping complex software, strong system design and communication, and the ability to drive ambiguous work from problem definition to production results.

Qualifications

• Strong system design, technical judgment, and written communication.
• Experience working across product and business functions in a fast-moving environment.
• Ability to lead ambiguous work from initial problem definition through production results.
• Experience coaching peers or leading technical programs without relying on formal authority.
• Authorization to work in the United States for the employer without misrepresenting work status.

Responsibilities

• Improve cloud infrastructure, developer velocity, observability, and production resilience.
• Own architecture and technical decisions for high-impact products and platform capabilities.
• Translate business and product goals into pragmatic engineering plans and milestones.
• Build, review, and improve production systems with attention to reliability, security, and performance.
• Raise engineering standards through design reviews, documentation, testing, and operational discipline.
• Mentor engineers and improve collaboration across product, data, design, and go-to-market teams.
• Use metrics and incident learning to prioritize technical investment and reduce recurring risk.

Skills

System design

Technical judgment

Written communication

Coaching peers

Job description

Initio Capital LLC in San Francisco Bay Area is seeking senior Staff Infrastructure Engineer to lead the design and delivery of reliable software systems for growing technology companies. You will own architecture decisions, improve production resilience, and mentor engineers across product and go-to-market teams.

We look for a track record of shipping complex software, strong system design and communication, and the ability to drive ambiguous work from problem definition to production results.