Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Profound; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Comprehensive benefits and perks

Visa sponsorship for qualified candidates

Job summary

Profound is seeking a skilled Infrastructure Engineer to design and maintain core infrastructure across cloud environments in New York, NY. The ideal candidate will excel in building automation workflows, managing CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring infrastructure reliability. This on-site role emphasizes a strong familiarity with AWS, container orchestration, and infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform. Enjoy a competitive salary of $140,000 to $260,000, equity, and comprehensive benefits, determined during the hiring process.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
• Deep experience with containers and orchestration.
• Proven ability to achieve reliable infrastructure in production.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain core infrastructure across cloud environments.
• Build infrastructure-as-code workflows to automate deployments.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines for seamless deployments.

Skills

Cloud platforms expertise

Infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform

Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

Programming proficiency in Python and Rust

Database scaling and optimization

Observability and monitoring

Security and compliance experience

Job description

What You’ll Do

• Design and maintain core infrastructure across cloud environments
• Build infrastructure-as-code workflows to automate deployments and scaling
• Improve monitoring, logging, and alerting systems to maintain reliability
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure seamless deployments
• Support disaster recovery planning and ensure high availability of systems
• Partner with product and research teams to design architectures that scale with workload demands
• Identify and fix performance bottlenecks in compute, storage, and networking
• Implement security best practices and compliance frameworks across infrastructure

Who You Are

• Strong experience with cloud platforms, with AWS preferred
• Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform
• Deep experience with containers and orchestration, including Docker and Kubernetes
• Solid understanding of distributed architectures
• Programming proficiency in Python and Rust, or willingness to learn Rust quickly
• Proven ability to ship reliable infrastructure in production environments
• Growth mindset and eagerness to thrive in a hyper-growth, high-ownership environment
• Experience with high-throughput, low-latency systems
• Database scaling and optimization experience
• Observability and monitoring expertise
• Network architecture and performance tuning experience
• Security and compliance experience

Location

This is an on-site role based in our NYC or SF office, designed for builders who thrive on speed, iteration, and meaningful impact. We are happy to support visa sponsorship for qualified international candidates.

Compensation and Benefits

For this role, the expected base salary range is $140,000 to $260,000 (NYC and SF). Compensation may vary by location. Profound’s total compensation package is designed to be competitive and includes base salary, equity, and a full range of benefits and perks. Final compensation will depend on factors such as skills, experience, qualifications, and location, and will be determined during the interview process. Our recruiting team will share more details about the full compensation package and benefits as you move through hiring.