Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Hex

. Own infrastructure projects from start to finish .

Posted 11/12/2026full-timeRemote • United StatesLead💰 $214,000 - $285,000 per yearWebsite

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Core Competencies

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Demonstrates expertise in building and operating production infrastructure with a focus on Kubernetes operations, AWS fundamentals, and infrastructure as code using Terraform. Capable of automating processes and improving CI/CD pipelines while ensuring compliance and performance management.

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Kubernetes OperationsAWS FundamentalsInfrastructure As CodeCI/CD Pipeline ImprovementPostgreSQL Database Management

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Hard Skills

KubernetesAWS EKSAWS RDSAWS VPC NetworkingAWS IAMTerraformDatabase ManagementNetworkingApplication Code ModificationPerformance Management

Soft Skills

Clear WritingProblem-Solving

Industry Keywords

Infrastructure ProjectsCI/CD PipelinesMulti-Tenant EnvironmentsSingle-Tenant DeploymentsCompliance Work

Tech Stack

Tools & technologies

AWSCloudKubernetesPostgresTerraform

About the role

Key responsibilities & impact

Own infrastructure projects from start to finish
Improve CI/CD pipelines for speed, cost, and flexibility
Automate setup, teardown, partial teardown, and updates for single-tenant stacks
Manage performance, migrations, and capacity for the multi-tenant production PostgreSQL database
Improve infrastructure spend visibility and reduce costs
Strengthen workload and container isolation and support compliance work
Build customer-facing infrastructure capabilities including private connectivity and customer-defined networking
Make single-tenant deployments easier to operate
Contribute to cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, and observability across multi-tenant and single-tenant environments

Requirements

What you’ll need

5+ years building and operating production infrastructure, including on-call
Strong Kubernetes operations, including scheduling, networking, and failure modes
Solid AWS fundamentals: EKS, RDS, VPC networking, and IAM
Infrastructure as code, ideally Terraform
Comfortable writing and reading enough application code to change a pipeline, controller, or service
Ability to turn vague, long-standing problems into shippable solutions independently
Clear writing, including design documents and runbooks
Depth in at least one of networking, databases, or deployment systems
Legally authorized to work in the US
Must not require visa sponsorship now or in the future

Benefits

Comp & perks

Market-benched salary and equity
Comprehensive health benefits
Flexible paid time off