San Francisco, USA Hybrid

Kindred is hiring a Senior / Staff Infrastructure Engineer

About the Role

Design and manage robust infrastructure systems that ensure performance, scalability, and security across production environments.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and deploy reliable infrastructure solutions using modern cloud platforms
  • Implement automation tools to streamline system provisioning and operations
  • Collaborate with development teams to support application deployment and scaling
  • Monitor system performance and respond to incidents with minimal downtime
  • Maintain security standards across infrastructure components
  • Optimize resource utilization and cost efficiency in cloud environments
  • Support disaster recovery planning and infrastructure resilience
  • Lead initiatives to improve system observability and monitoring capabilities
  • Drive adoption of infrastructure-as-code practices across teams
  • Participate in technical reviews and contribute to system design decisions
  • Ensure compliance with organizational and regulatory requirements
  • Troubleshoot complex infrastructure issues across distributed systems
  • Mentor engineers in best practices for system reliability and operations
  • Evaluate new technologies for potential integration into existing platforms
  • Contribute to capacity planning and long-term infrastructure strategy
  • Maintain documentation for system configurations and operational procedures
  • Work closely with security teams to enforce access controls and policies
  • Support CI/CD pipelines with reliable and secure infrastructure components
  • Improve deployment velocity through automation and tooling enhancements
  • Respond to on-call incidents as part of an operational rotation

Nice to Have

  • Master's degree in a technical field
  • Experience with large-scale distributed systems
  • Contributions to open-source infrastructure projects
  • Certifications in cloud or systems engineering
  • Background in site reliability or platform engineering
  • Experience in regulated industries with strict compliance needs
  • Leadership experience in technical architecture decisions
  • Public speaking or conference presentation experience
  • Knowledge of service mesh or advanced networking patterns
  • Familiarity with data privacy frameworks

Compensation

Competitive salary and benefits package

Work Arrangement

Hybrid work model with flexibility for remote and office-based collaboration

Team

Collaborative engineering team focused on infrastructure reliability, automation, and cloud-native technologies

Why This Role Matters

This position plays a critical role in maintaining the backbone of our services, ensuring systems are resilient, efficient, and ready to scale with growing user demand.

Growth Opportunities

Engineers in this role have clear pathways to advance into technical leadership, architecture, or specialized infrastructure domains.

Visa sponsorship available for qualified candidates

Required Skills
AWSEKSPythonTerraformCI/CDKubernetesInfrastructure as Code
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Category infrastructure
Posted 7 months ago