Software Engineer - Infrastructure & DevOps

Basic Capital; New York (NY); On-site; USD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

A fintech company is seeking a founding member for their Infrastructure & Security team. This role involves ensuring platform reliability, managing SOC 2 Type II compliance, and building robust observability systems. The ideal candidate will have strong AWS experience, a track record in implementing security frameworks, and proficiency in container orchestration tools. This position emphasizes collaboration and adaptability in a fast-paced environment, contributing significantly to innovative financial solutions.

Qualifications

• Strong experience with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS.
• Proven track record implementing security best practices and compliance frameworks.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools.

Responsibilities

• Be a founding member responsible for platform reliability and security.
• Own SOC 2 Type II compliance and work with auditors.
• Design and implement observability systems.

Skills

AWS (EC2, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM)

Security best practices

Infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation)

Containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS)

Scripting languages (Python, Bash, Go)

Job description

About Basic Capital

Basic Capital is a fintech company disrupting America’s $1T retirement industry by building the mortgage for retirement, unlocking market ownership, and making wealth accessible to every American. Our mission is to create products, platforms, and a credit marketplace that power a fundamentally new retirement system.

Our founding team includes leaders from Goldman Sachs, Uber, Block, Stripe, and Robinhood. We’re backed by top investors such as Lux Capital, Forerunner Ventures, BoxGroup, SVAngel, Inspired Capital, and Henry Kravis. Based in SoHo, NYC, we’re assembling a lean, high-performance team committed to reducing wealth inequality.

For more information, visit Basic Capital’s website.

You will

• Be a founding member of the Infrastructure & Security team, responsible for the platform reliability, security posture, and compliance readiness that enables Basic Capital to scale with confidence
• Own Basic Capital's ongoing SOC 2 Type II compliance, implementing security controls, documenting processes, and working with auditors to achieve and maintain certification
• Design and implement comprehensive observability systems including logging, monitoring, alerting, and distributed tracing across our infrastructure
• Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines, deployment automation, and infrastructure-as-code that enable fast, safe releases
• Optimize system performance, latency, and cost efficiency as we scale to serve more customers and handle increasing transaction volumes
• Manage cloud infrastructure (AWS) including networking, security groups, IAM policies, and compliance-related configurations

Required Competencies

• Strong experience with cloud infrastructure, particularly AWS (EC2, RDS, Lambda, CloudWatch, IAM)
• Proven track record implementing security best practices and compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar)
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar)
• Proficiency with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes, ECS)
• Strong understanding of networking, security principles, and encryption
• Experience with observability platforms and building monitoring/alerting systems (Datadog, Grafana, Prometheus, CloudWatch)
• Proficiency in scripting languages (Python, Bash, Go) for automation

Preferred Competencies

• Experience with secrets management, key rotation, and encryption at rest/in transit
• Familiarity with penetration testing, vulnerability scanning, and security incident response
• Experience with disaster recovery planning and business continuity
• Experience in fintech or early-stage technology companies
• Experience working in Kotlin backends
• Experience with Temporal for asynchronous workflow orchestration

Cultural Fit

• Passionate about solving big social problems with pragmatic solutions
• Aptitude for complexity and curiosity for financial markets
• Enjoys learning new technologies and selecting the right tool for each job
• Adaptable and open to contributing across the tech stack as the team evolves
• Autonomous, high agency, accountable, and thrives in a fast-paced environment
• Strong collaboration and communication skills, working effectively in cross-functional teams
• Excited to be a part of an in-office team