Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

About the role:

Collective is looking for an enthusiastic Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with a deep passion for tackling complex problems in both new and existing systems. You will play a crucial role in helping a young company scale into an industry leader. We're looking for someone who can justify their opinions with past examples and a strong knowledge of cutting-edge technologies and processes. You should enjoy paving new paths, testing recovery plans, and managing quiet, stable systems.

What you'll do: 

• UseInfrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform to provision, deploy, and manage cloud resources on AWS and GCP as well as other SaaS vendors.
• Embed security best practices into the infrastructure by enforcing zero-trust architecture principles like least privilege and identity-based access to protect systems and data.
• Understand the shared security model for the various products used
• Build systems that are both stable and cost effective
• Develop and test disaster recovery plans.
• Collaborate with and mentor teams on CI/CD pipelines and assist with debugging.
• Automate all the things to simplify your life and scale your impact
• Work closely with external teams to understand application needs and translate them into scalable infrastructure solutions.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to track system performance and reliability. 
• Proactively tune systems and address bottlenecks to maintain smooth operation of critical services.
• Participate in the on-call rotation to respond to outages, recover systems, and guide incident response.
• Determine root causes and drive the lessons learned process to improve system stability.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and best practices in Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, and Platform Engineering.
• Lead or contribute to infrastructure projects that enhance deployment speed, cost efficiency, and overall platform reliability.

What you'll bring:

• At least 3-5 years of hands-on experience as a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, DevOps, SRE, or Security Engineer with a proven track record of operating production cloud environments at scale.
• You must thrive in the dynamic environment of a smaller startup.
• Cloud Platforms: Proficiency in multi-cloud operations – Amazon Web Services (AWS) is highly preferred; experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and/or Microsoft Azure is a plus.
• Experience implementing infrastructure and security policy as code.
• Strong software development skills, preferably in Python or another high level language
• Excellent communication, presentation, and analytical skills. You must be able to clearly and persuasively communicate complex concepts and risks in an engineering-driven environment.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable code for automation and tooling. Experience building internal tools or services to eliminate manual work is a plus.
• Familiarity with foundational networking concepts and protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, VPCs, firewalls) and their application in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Strong hands-on skills with Linux and command-line tools; you are comfortable using terminals and utilities to manage and debug systems efficiently.

Our stack:

• Cloud: AWS (EC2, IAM, VPC, ECS, Fargate, Lambda, RDS, Elasticache), GCP (BigQuery)
• Monitoring/Observability: Datadog, Sentry, Amplitude
• Github, GHA
• IAC: Terraform, HCP
• Security tooling
• Codebase: Python/Typescript/React

What we offer:

• Hybrid Work Model: Based in San Francisco with a balance of in-office and remote flexibility
• Fresh Lunch: Provided on in-office days
• Commuter Support: $150 monthly reimbursement for transit expenses
• Health & Wellness: $200 quarterly reimbursement to support your well-being
• Time Off: Flexible PTO plus 14 company holidays
• Comprehensive Coverage: 100% medical, dental, and vision for employees; 75% coverage for dependents
• Parental Leave: 16 weeks fully paid
• Retirement & Ownership: 401k plan plus an equity package
• Team Connection: Quarterly virtual events and an annual in-person summit
• Compensation Range: $200,000 to $240,000

We provide salary ranges for each role to give you a transparent view of potential compensation. Final offers are determined based on the skills, experience, and qualifications, as demonstrated throughout the interview process.