Staff Infrastructure Software Engineer

Engg; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 200,000 - 300,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship available

Job summary

Engg is seeking a Staff Infrastructure Software Engineer in San Francisco to join a small, fast-moving team building AI-powered software products and the infrastructure behind them. You will own critical platform capabilities that help bring reliable, user-facing products from early requirements to production.

You will design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure and platform services for AI workloads, own initiatives end-to-end, and partner with product and engineering teams to deliver

Qualifications

• 4+ years in infrastructure, backend, or platform engineering.
• Production cloud ops across AWS, GCP, and Azure.
• Experience with IaC tools like Terraform or CDK.
• Experience with durable workflows (Temporal) and containerized services.
• Strong DB design and performance tuning (Postgres, Redis, ClickHouse).

Responsibilities

• Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure for AI workloads.
• Own infrastructure initiatives from goals to launch.
• Build durable workflows and automation.
• Partner with product and eng to ensure reliability.
• Use AI coding tools to accelerate development.

Skills

AWS

GCP

Azure

Terraform

CDK

Docker

Temporal

PostgreSQL

Redis

ClickHouse

AI workloads

Startup experience

Ownership

Tools

Temporal

Job description

# Staff Infrastructure Software EngineerTrue · San Francisco## About the roleJoin a small, fast-moving team building AI-powered software products and the infrastructure behind them. You will own critical platform capabilities that help bring reliable, user-facing products from early requirements to production.## What you'll do* Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure and platform services for user-facing products and AI workloads.* Own infrastructure initiatives from open-ended goals through architecture, implementation, launch, and ongoing improvement.* Build and maintain durable workflows, containerized services, and infrastructure automation.* Design and tune databases, including schema design, scaling, and performance optimization.* Partner with product and engineering teammates to deliver reliable systems and respond to user needs.* Use AI coding tools in your day-to-day workflow to increase development speed and effectiveness.## What we're looking for* Typically 4 to 10 years of experience in infrastructure, platform, or backend engineering, with scope and career progression demonstrating strong ownership.* Extensive hands-on experience operating production cloud infrastructure across AWS, GCP, and Azure.* Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CDK, and production Docker workloads.* Production experience with Temporal or a comparable durable workflow orchestration platform.* Strong database expertise, including schema design, scaling, and performance tuning; the stack includes Postgres, Redis, and ClickHouse.* Experience supporting large-scale production systems or working with substantial data volumes, ideally including infrastructure for AI agents or machine learning workloads.* Startup experience, or experience combining work at a larger technology company with a startup environment.* Daily use of AI coding tools and the ability to explain your development workflow. COMPENSATION & BENEFITS Base salary range: $200,000 to $300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available. LOCATION On-site in San Francisco, United States.Apply at TrueOpens True's own careers pageSalary: $200-300KLocation: San FranciscoLevel: SeniorExperience: 4+ yearsPosted: Nov 11, 2026Open for: 1 day