Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Blackwing; El Segundo, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) with employer matching

Full health coverage

Relocation assistance provided

Unlimited PTO

Parental leave

Office kitchenette

Job summary

Rainmaker is hiring a Software Engineer to own production infrastructure, security, and 24/7 remote systems. You will manage cloud infrastructure, deployments, observability, secrets, vulnerability management, incident response, and recovery.

The role emphasizes shipping reliable systems that endure lost communications and fast-moving environments. Ideal candidates bring AWS and IaC experience (Pulumi or Terraform), know how to manage secrets, and have built or operated production networks with

Qualifications

• Experience building production infrastructure.
• Must be fast, autonomous, and opinionated.
• Willing to relocate to El Segundo, CA.
• Value: shipped production systems over degrees.
• Familiarity with AWS and IaC tools Pulumi or Terraform.
• Experience managing secrets and credential lifecycles.
• Designed or operated zero-trust, WireGuard-based networks; uses Tailscale.

Responsibilities

• Own production infrastructure end to end, setting deployment, monitoring, and recovery standards.
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and test infrastructure for rapid development.
• Balance rigor and security with the need for engineers to move quickly.
• Work across software, science, aircraft engineering, and field operations.

Skills

Production infra experience

Autonomous

Fast learner

Security-minded

Tools

AWS

Pulumi

Terraform

Tailscale

Job description

Rainmaker builds systems to increase precipitation and improve water availability. We combine atmospheric science, autonomous aircraft, radar and satellite observations, weather modeling, and novel sensing technologies.

Our software connects these systems, supports field operations, and turns each operation into data that improves the next one.

The role

• Rainmaker is hiring a Software Engineer to own our production infrastructure and security.

  Your scope includes cloud infrastructure, deployments, observability, identity and access, secrets, vulnerability management, incident response, and recovery. You will build remote systems that work 24/7 and accommodate lost comms. Storms do not wait for business hours.

What you'll do

• Own production infrastructure end to end, setting the standards for how services get deployed, monitored, and recovered.

• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and test infrastructure for rapid agentic development.

• Balance rigor and security with the need for engineers to move quickly.

• Work across software, science, aircraft engineering, and field operations.

What we're looking for

• A software engineer with experience building production infrastructure.

• Fast, thoughtful, autonomous, and opinionated.

• Willing to relocate to El Segundo, CA.

• Built and operated production systems. We care more about what you have shipped than your degree or years in the industry.

• Deep familiarity with AWS and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Pulumi or Terraform.

• Managed secrets and credential lifecycles in a fast-moving environment.

• Designed or maintained zero-trust, WireGuard-based networks; we run almost everything on Tailscale.

What success looks like

• You will understand all of Rainmaker's critical systems, data flows, access model, and largest operational and security risks and have shipped at least one material improvement. Within your first year, critical services will be easier to deploy, observe, secure, and recover. Software capabilities should scale faster than requisite operational effort.

Benefits

• Significant stock options with high potential upside as an early-stage company

• 401(k) with employer matching

• Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)

• Relocation assistance provided (if applicable)

• Unlimited PTO

• Paid parental leave for both parents

• Lunch provided when working in-office and a fully stocked kitchenette