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Principal Engineer, Core Infrastructure

Boston💼 Full-time💰 $244,000–$244,000🗓 2026-03-31 → 2026-09-26

Core

Architect and evolve the service platform (compute, networking, storage, runtimes, CI/CD) to enable teams to ship fast and safely, embedding AI into the developer experience.

Role type

Principal Engineer, Core Infrastructure (hands-on IC)

Builds

Kubernetes platform, service mesh, networking, storage, CI/CD pipelines, and AI-enabled developer tooling

Domain

Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineering

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Kubernetes, service mesh, Terraform/IaC, CI/CD, production observability, SQL/NoSQL databases, object/block/file storage, AI tooling integration, incident management, capacity planning

Preferred skills

Enterprise governance, GDPR compliance, cost/security guardrails, AI-driven test generation and triage

Technologies

Kubernetes, Terraform, Service Mesh, SQL, NoSQL, AI tools

Responsibilities

Architect and evolve Kubernetes, service mesh, networking, storage, and CI/CD pipelines; Define platform SLOs and drive incident learning; Improve developer velocity via automation and tooling; Lead capacity planning and cost/security guardrails; Embed AI in developer workflows; Mentor teams on operational excellence

Seniority

Principal, hands-on IC

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