Principal Infrastructure Engineer
Core
Own technical architecture and evolution of core infrastructure, building capacity models, conducting load/stress tests, and designing resilient multi-region AWS and Kubernetes platforms.
Role type
Principal Infrastructure Engineer (Cloud & Platform)
Builds
Resilient AWS account/networking architectures, Kubernetes platforms, Aurora RDS databases, and operational automation.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure, Distributed Systems, Database Administration
Required skills
AWS (compute, IAM, networking, VPC), Kubernetes (EKS, lifecycle, autoscaling), Relational Databases (Aurora RDS, MySQL, Postgres), Golang/Python, Terraform, Linux, Networking, Distributed Systems, Incident Response, Disaster Recovery, Observability, Capacity Planning
Preferred skills
Fintech/Payments domain, Chaos Engineering, Prometheus/Grafana/Loki/Tempo, AI-assisted tooling for operations, Multi-region architectures
Responsibilities
Design resilient multi-region architectures; Build and operate Kubernetes platforms; Scale and optimize Aurora RDS databases; Define and instrument service-level objectives and error budgets; Participate in on-call rotations and recover major incidents; Design and test disaster recovery mechanisms; Build infrastructure-as-code and operational automation; Improve cloud cost efficiency through resource optimization.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship