Sr. Infrastructure Engineer

VGS; United States; On-site; USD 155,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

401(k) match

Early equity

Internet stipend

Learning stipend

Office set-up stipend

Remote and hybrid opportunities

Job summary

VGS is building the platform powering agentic commerce and global payments infrastructure. As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer on the Platform Engineering team, you will build, scale, and fortify cloud infrastructure designed to handle mission-critical, high-throughput payments applications with zero downtime.

You will own core platform components powering our payment systems, collaborate across product, security, and core engineering, and drive automation, observability, and reliability to

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in large-scale distributed systems.
• Hands-on proficiency in AWS and Terraform for reproducible environments.
• Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, and GitOps workflows (Flux, Argo, GitHub Actions).
• Python, Go, or Bash for infrastructure automation and tooling.
• Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.

Responsibilities

• Build, scale, and fortify global cloud infrastructure for mission-critical payments applications.
• Own core platform components powering payment systems.
• Uphold reliability standards and multi-region AWS operations.
• Collaborate with Product, Security, and Core Engineering to adopt scalable workflows.
• Mentor junior engineers and improve engineering velocity through automation.

Skills

Ownership at scale

AWS & IaC

Kubernetes & Docker

Scripting: Python/Go/Bash

Observability tools

Security & Networking

Tools

Terraform

Flux

Argo

GitHub Actions

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Job description

VGS is building the trust infrastructure for a new era of commerce. As commerce becomes agentic, payments are increasing dramatically in volume, speed, and complexity, and the companies driving that shift need a foundation they can fully trust.

That's where VGS comes in. We're the world's leader in payment tokenization, trusted by the most innovative AI and Fortune 500 companies, merchants, banks, and fintechs to power modern payments and agentic commerce. We store more than 9 billion tokens and process more than 10 billion monthly interactions, touching a third of all e-commerce. That scale isn't incidental. It's why leading companies embed our universal token vault and credential management platform directly into their stack, taming the complexity of payment data so they can move faster.

Come build the platform that enables modern payments for the world's largest companies. We're helping businesses unlock new possibilities in an industry that never stops moving. And that takes exceptional people.

Trusted Engineering That Matters

Engineering at VGS

VGS is building the platform powering agentic commerce and global payments infrastructure. VGS Engineering is the pillar that supports that vision. We create a platform that is an indispensable, ubiquitous component of our partners' payments and security infrastructure. We build and operate high-scale, reliable, and resilient systems that manage mission-critical payment data across the globe. We don't just participate in the payments ecosystem; we power it.

• Modern Tooling as Leverage: We value speed and impact. To ensure nothing slows you down, we arm you with a highly consistent modern stack (e.g. AWS, Kubernetes, Java, TypeScript, Python) and world-class AI-augmented SDLC tooling. We strip away the friction so you can focus on the problems that demand creativity and judgment.
• Ownership of Outcomes: Scaling global payments infrastructure requires individuals who take personal ownership of outcomes from day one. We look for builders who combine high agency with deep strategic alignment; channeling their urgency and relentless iteration into what matters most.
• Mission-Critical Accountability: We power payments infrastructure for global market leaders, making system trust and integrity our core deliverable. We don't treat compliance (PCI, SOC2, ISO27001), security patching, and platform maintenance as administrative overhead—we engineer them with first-class product discipline. In payments infrastructure, reliability is not background work, it's part of what customers buy.

Learn More:

See how our engineering practices drive trust and innovation in our official blog and our reliability practices.

About the Role

As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will be a key contributor and technical practitioner on our Platform Engineering team. You will help build, scale, and fortify global cloud infrastructure designed to handle mission-critical, high-throughput payments applications with zero downtime. You will own core platform components powering our payment systems. Working collaboratively within your team, you will execute infrastructure projects, uphold reliability standards, and help maintain our multi-region AWS environment. We are looking for hands-on engineers who take pride in solving complex distributed system challenges and continuously improving operational efficiency. If you thrive on solving technical infrastructure problems, building automated resiliency, and applying modern SRE practices, we want to build the future with you.

• Build Immutable, Self-Healing Systems: Build, maintain, and optimize high-availability AWS infrastructure. You will contribute directly to our evolution toward a standardized, globally scalable fleet managed entirely through code.
• Drive Resiliency & Automation: Reduce manual toil by implementing automated infrastructure solutions using GitOps, modern CI/CD pipelines, and IaC.
• Deep Observability & Resiliency: Configure and maintain telemetry tooling (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) to monitor performance and spot bottlenecks. You will participate in incident response on-call rotations and lead blameless post-mortems.
• Enable Engineering Velocity: Partner with Product, Security, and Core Engineering teams to support adoption of "Golden Paths" that streamline developer workflows. You will mentor junior and mid-level engineers and foster strong technical practices.
• Customer Impact: Maintain and support high-performance, low-latency private connectivity for external customer traffic. Partner with internal engineering teams to support platform adoption.

What You Bring

• Ownership at Scale: 5+ years of experience contributing to complex, large-scale distributed systems within mission-critical environments.
• AWS & Infrastructure-as-Code: Solid hands-on proficiency in AWS ecosystems and Terraform for building reproducible environments.
• Containerization & Orchestration: Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS), Docker, and GitOps workflows (Flux, Argo, GitHub Actions).
• Automation & Scripting: Proficient coding/scripting skills in Python, Go, or Bash for infrastructure automation and operational tooling.
• Observability Expertise: Hands-on experience working with Prometheus, Grafana, or OpenTelemetry.
• Security & Networking Foundations: Good understanding of cloud security, API Gateways, load balancing, and network isolation principles.

Nice to Have:

• Experience with tokenization, payment processing, or security products
• A knack for out-of-the-box thinking that thrives in a fast-paced startup environment
• Experience with distributed data streaming platforms like Kafka (MSK).
• Database performance tuning or query troubleshooting skills.
• Familiarity with Java / Spring Framework services.

We're looking for passionate professionals who take pride in their craft and want to help grow a team tackling some of the most critical problems in payments. People who thrive here are curious by nature, unafraid of hard problems, and motivated by the chance to build something that matters at scale.

If you're driven to make a meaningful impact, work at the leading edge of payment technology, and grow your career alongside a team that values ownership, collaboration, and continuous learning, you'll feel right at home at VGS.

$155,000 - $230,000 a year

How We Work

At VGS, we embrace a remote-first philosophy because we believe flexibility leads to great work and a healthy work-life balance. That said, if you live within 30 miles of one of our office locations, you'll be on a hybrid schedule with some in-person time, because we know there's real value in coming together.

We're not about being in the office every day. We are about connection, collaboration, and the energy that comes from a great brainstorm, a team lunch, or celebrating a big win in person.

Financial and retirement

• 401(k) with a 4% match and immediate vesting (applies to US only)
• Early equity
• Internet stipend
• Learning stipend
• Office set-up stipend (applies to US only)

Health and Wellness

• Insurance (medical, dental, and vision)
• HSA/FSA options
• Life and disability insurance

Vacation and time off

• Flexible PTO
• Paid national holidays
• Global parental leave program

Professional Development

• Promote from within
• Lunch and learns
• Team events and summits

Office life and perks

• Remote and hybrid opportunities
• Weekly office lunches
• Employee discount platform

We consider all applicants without regard to race, color, national origin, sex, age, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, marital status, physical or mental disability, or other protected classes under all applicable local, state, and federal laws and ordinances (AA/EOE/W/M/Vet/Disabled).

Qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records will be considered for this position in accordance with the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance.

Where We're Hiring

We are currently hiring in the following locations: Arizona, California, Colorado, Connecticut, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Iowa, Michigan, Minnesota, New York, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Washington, Ontario (Canada), Alberta (Canada), and British Columbia (Canada).