Principal Infrastructure Engineer
Core
Own technical architecture and evolution of core infrastructure, building capacity models, conducting load/stress tests, and designing resilient multi-region AWS and Kubernetes platforms.
Role type
Principal Infrastructure Engineer (Cloud & Platform)
Builds
Resilient AWS account/networking architectures, Kubernetes platforms, Aurora RDS databases, and operational automation.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, Database Administration
Deliverable
production ML models | product features | dashboards & analysis | infrastructure
Required skills
AWS (compute, IAM, networking, VPC), Kubernetes (EKS, lifecycle, autoscaling), Relational Databases (Aurora RDS, MySQL, Postgres), Golang/Python, Terraform, Linux, Networking, Distributed Systems, Incident Response, Disaster Recovery, Observability, Capacity Planning
Preferred skills
Fintech/Payments domain, Chaos Engineering, Prometheus/Grafana/Loki/Tempo, AI-assisted tooling for operations, Multi-region architectures
Responsibilities
Design resilient multi-region architectures; Build and operate Kubernetes platforms; Scale and optimize Aurora RDS databases; Define and instrument service-level objectives and error budgets; Participate in on-call rotations and recover major incidents; Design and test disaster recovery mechanisms; Build infrastructure-as-code and operational automation; Improve cloud cost efficiency through resource optimization.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship