Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Slope; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 140,000 - 260,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Full range of benefits and perks

Visa sponsorship for qualified international candidates

Job summary

Slope is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer based in San Francisco, CA, to design and maintain core infrastructure across cloud environments. You will automate deployments and ensure high availability of systems while collaborating with product and research teams.

The role offers an expected base salary ranging from $140,000 to $260,000, with additional equity and a complete benefits package aimed at fostering a competitive work environment.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with cloud platforms, preferably AWS.
• Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform.
• Ability to manage CI/CD pipelines and ensure seamless deployments.

Responsibilities

• Design and maintain core infrastructure across cloud environments.
• Build infrastructure-as-code workflows to automate deployments.
• Improve monitoring, logging, and alerting systems.

Skills

Cloud platforms (AWS preferred)

Infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform)

Containers and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)

Distributed architectures

Programming in Python and Rust

High-throughput, low-latency systems

Observability and monitoring expertise

Job description

As an Infrastructure Engineer, you will build and scale the systems that power our rapid growth. You will ensure our infrastructure is highly available, cost-effective, and able to handle explosive traffic and compute demands. You will work closely with engineers across product, research, and operations to design scalable architectures, streamline deployments, and improve observability.

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.

For this role, the expected base salary range is $140,000 to $260,000 (NYC and SF). Comp 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.