Job description
The Role
As a Lead Infrastructure Engineer at Pipe, you will support the growth and maintenance of our cloud infrastructure - including GCP, Kubernetes, Postgres, and Pulumi. Your work will set the foundations that enable fast, autonomous work across every engineering team. You will collaborate with our Backend Engineering, Security, Data, and IT teams to ensure our infrastructure is reliable, scalable, and secure.
The infrastructure team is a core part of the software engineering org. Our infrastructure is defined as code and has a hand in the stability of every codebase at Pipe. This is a small, dedicated team - success here requires problem-solving with a technically diverse mindset.
Responsibilities
Design and implement scalable, reliable cloud infrastructure solutions for business-critical applications and services
Collaborate with engineering teams to ensure infrastructure meets their requirements and is easy to use
Maintain a strong security posture through close collaboration with the security team to ensure compliance with industry standards and regulations
Monitor and troubleshoot infrastructure issues and drive timely resolution
Automate infrastructure deployment and management processes to improve efficiency and reduce manual work
Participate in on-call rotation to support critical infrastructure issues
Tech Stack
We are committed to using the right tools for the problems we are trying to solve. We are not dogmatic, but our current stack includes:
Frontend: Typescript, React, Next.js
Backend: Go, PostgreSQL, BigQuery
Data: BigQuery, Sqlmesh, Python
Infrastructure: Kubernetes, Pulumi, Buildkite, Google Cloud Platform
Our stack reflects the tools we've found most effective for the problems we solve. Strong candidates will have hands-on experience with most of these technologies and the technical range to pick up what's new quickly.
Technical Qualifications
A strong candidate for this role is a skilled programmer who can provision and debug disparate systems regardless of initial familiarity. We do not require a specific tenure with any technology, but we expect enough proficiency to explore and use them independently:
Cloud Infrastructure - GCP preferred; AWS or Azure experience is transferable
Infrastructure as Code
Kubernetes
Python
CI/CD system management
Observability systems - Datadog and/or OpenTelemetry preferred
TypeScript and/or Golang - beneficial but less critical
You will be successful at Pipe if you:
Want to join a remote-first startup and make a real impact
Hold yourself and your teammates to high standards
Have a strong technical foundation and use your skills to help customers succeed
Take end-to-end ownership of your work and enjoy collaborating across functions
Compensation and Benefits
We are a fully remote company and we believe in taking care of our employees. As a Pipe employee, you'll receive:
The best equipment to help you do your job
Flexible vacation and work hours - we believe in a healthy work-life balance (really!)
Excellent health, dental, and vision insurance
Generous parental leave for anyone growing their family, regardless of gender
Great colleagues - we value a culture of authenticity, humility, and excellence
The annual US base salary range for this role is $150,000-$220,000, narrowed during the interview process based on experience, qualifications, and location.
Originally posted on Himalayas
Who can apply
Eligible countries: Canada, Mexico, United States. Accepted UTC offsets: UTC-10, UTC-9, UTC-8, UTC-7, UTC-6, UTC-5, UTC-4, UTC-3.5, UTC+14. Review the full description for employer-specific work authorization, residency and schedule requirements.