AWS INFRASTRUCTURE ENGINEER

As a Senior AWS Infrastructure Engineer with our SF Bay Area client, you will be the engineer keeping their mid-peninsula engineering organization running, owning AWS systems, monitoring, lab equipment,

and the internal IT services that engineering depends on every day. You will work hands-on across Linux administration, build pipelines, virtualization, AWS, lab operations, and tier-1 internal support, and

partner closely.

What You ll Do:

• Architect with Purpose: Design cloud-native infrastructure in AWS that scales seamlessly across regions and workloads.
• Automate Relentlessly: Build Terraform modules and tooling to make infrastructure creation fast, safe, and repeatable.
• Engineer for Reliability: Implement fault-tolerant, self-healing systems to minimize downtime and maximize performance.
• Secure from the Start: Embed IAM, networking, and observability into every layer of the stack.
• Optimize and Evolve: Continuously refine cost, performance, and deployment workflows as we scale., * Experience coordinating with external IT vendors and managing compliance-adjacent IT projects (security audits, vendor management).
• Experience operating in a regulated or compliance-sensitive engineering environment.
• Exposure to early-stage or high-growth startup environments.

• 3 5 years of experience building and managing AWS environments.
• Deep knowledge of Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code best practices.
• Familiarity with CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker), and monitoring stacks.
• A systems thinker who thrives on structure, scalability, and clean automation.
• Curiosity, initiative, and a drive to build things that just work., Familiarity with Elasticsearch operations (client s legacy systems; may require migration or retirement

• Competitive salary, equity, and career growth opportunities in a fast-scaling startup.
• Flexible, trust-based culture-autonomy encouraged, bureaucracy not included.
• Great benefits package and a prime Cambridge office location.