Staff Infrastructure Engineer

The RoleRaydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Own the reliability, performance and cost of a company's production cloud infrastructure, from architecture and database operations to setting the standards the engineering team works to. Advise leadership on early-stage infrastructure choices as the platform scales.What You'll DoDesign and evolve cloud architecture on AWS.Run production database operations, including sizing, replication and recovery.Set and maintain reliability standards for production systems.Improve the performance and cost efficiency of live infrastructure.Advise the team on which languages and databases to adopt early on.What We're Looking ForDeep AWS expertise.Hands-on experience tuning and operating PostgreSQL in production.Experience building cloud infrastructure from scratch, provisioning resources directly rather than only using existing internal tools.Proven results improving response times or spend in running environments, with support for time-sensitive workloads.Daily use of AI coding tools in infrastructure work, or a willingness to learn them.Bonus PointsPrior experience reworking the design of a live system to handle growth without downtime.Experience with CI/CD pipelines.BenefitsHealth, dental and vision coverageParental leaveLocation And Work ModelPalo Alto, California, United StatesHybrid, with in-office days as neededFull-timeCompensation, As The Posting Describes ItEquityRetirement plan with company matchFlexible time offProfessional development training