> Markdown version of [/jobs/ext/3186255-backend-engineer-infra-onsite](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/jobs/ext/3186255-backend-engineer-infra-onsite). Every page supports `.md` or `Accept: text/markdown`. Links point to the HTML versions so they work for humans too. Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # Backend Engineer (Infra.) - Onsite - **Company:** Harmonic Inc. - **Location:** New York, NY, United States - **Experience:** Experienced - **Salary:** $150,000.0 - $220,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Amazon Web Services, Encodings, Computer Engineering, Python (Programming Language), TypeScript, Backend, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker - **Published:** September 6, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=2f8713c2dd12b5bc ## About the Role We are looking for a Backend Infrastructure Engineer with 3-6+ years of experience to own and scale the core infrastructure powering Peri's enterprise product. You'll be one of the first engineering hires at a freshly funded ($4M seed) AI-native startup building the context layer for human work - managing multi-tenant deployments, handling 800M+ rows of data, and making architectural decisions that define the platform. What will you be doing? Optimizing and hardening the existing AWS-based product infrastructure to support rapid scaling of customer deployments. Building and maintaining multi-tenant deployment architecture - managing permissioning, data isolation, and redeployability across enterprise customers. Owning the infrastructure-as-code layer (Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker) and making decisions on what services and patterns enable easier scaling Building new features and capabilities as signal comes in from design partners. Encoding learnings from bespoke customer deployments back into the core product Tech stack: AWS, Terraform, Kubernetes, Docker, Python, TypeScript, LangChai Baseline Seniority: 3 - 6 years of experience in backend/infra engineering Work experience Education : CS, computer engineering, or equivalent technical degree ## Related Videos - [Docker Compose: Rediscovered](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1978-docker-compose-rediscovered) - [Developing the Backend with Stefan Lingler, CTO at Shpock](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100360-developing-the-backend-with-stefan-lingler-cto-at-shpock) - [A Brief History of Data Storage](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/974-a-brief-history-of-data-storage) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Meet Your New BFF: Backend to Frontend without the Duct Tape](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/682-meet-your-new-bff-backend-to-frontend-without-the-duct-tape) - [Docker build without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/100114-docker-build-without-docker) ## Related Articles - [Dev Digest 121 - AI goes offline](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/456-dev-digest-121-ai-goes-offline) - [Dev Digest 120 - Apple and peers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/455-dev-digest-120-apple-and-peers) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [Fully Remote Software Engineer Jobs](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/447-fully-remote-software-engineer-jobs) - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Dev Digest 137 - AI'm not sure about this](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/485-dev-digest-137-ai-m-not-sure-about-this)