Founding Platform Engineer

ITCO Solutions, Inc.

$130K — $180K *
Enterprise Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5+ years in infrastructure, DevOps, backend, or platform engineering.
  • Prior startup experience with cloud production environments.
  • Strong skills in cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, deployment automation, and operations.
  • Expertise in PostgreSQL, Redis, authentication/authorization, and distributed systems.
  • Proficient in Python and TypeScript; familiarity with React/full-stack is advantageous.
  • Experience enhancing system reliability and incident response capabilities.
  • Knowledge of SOC 2/security compliance and enterprise deployment architectures.

Responsibilities

  • Build and manage the company's cloud infrastructure from the ground up.
  • Own the deployment processes and ensure production reliability.
  • Implement DevOps practices for operational efficiency and automation.
  • Enhance system observability, monitoring, and incident response strategies.
  • Collaborate with customers to tailor and deploy AI applications in production.
  • Make key technical decisions regarding infrastructure and cloud systems.

Benefits

  • Opportunity to lead the infrastructure development from day one.
  • Engage with innovative AI technology and deployments.
  • Work directly with customers, influencing their experience and product.
  • Culture of high ownership in a fast-paced startup environment.
  • Possibility of career growth in a pioneering field.
Full Job Description
Founding Infrastructure Engineer (AI Startup)

Location: San Francisco, CA (Onsite)
Experience: 5+ years

Objective

Seeking a hands-on Founding Infrastructure Engineer to build and own the company's cloud infrastructure, DevOps, security, deployment, and production reliability from day one. This is a startup leadership role requiring end-to-end ownership of AI infrastructure, customer deployments, and scalable cloud systems.

Must-Have Requirements
  • 5+ years of infrastructure, DevOps, backend, or platform engineering experience.
  • Prior startup experience building and operating production cloud environments.
  • Strong experience with cloud infrastructure, CI/CD, deployment automation, and production operations.
  • Expertise with PostgreSQL, Redis, authentication/authorization, and distributed systems.
  • Proficient in Python and TypeScript; React/full-stack experience is a plus.
  • Experience improving system reliability, observability, monitoring, backup/recovery, and incident response.
  • Familiarity with SOC 2/security compliance and enterprise deployment architectures.
  • Experience deploying AI applications or AI agents into production.
  • Comfortable working directly with customers and owning technical decisions.
  • Thrives in fast-paced, ambiguous startup environments with high ownership.

Preferred Traits
  • Strong problem solver who can balance infrastructure, backend engineering, and customer-facing work.
  • Comfortable using AI coding tools to accelerate development while understanding their limitations.
  • Self-starter with excellent prioritization and execution skills.
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