About the Role

We're looking for a Principal AWS Infrastructure Engineer to own the technical strategy and hands-on execution of our AWS foundation, spanning EKS lifecycle management, multi-account architecture, and data governance controls. This is a high-leverage IC role for someone who has run Kubernetes in production at scale, thinks in terms of account boundaries and blast radius, and understands that data governance is now an infrastructure problem as much as a compliance one.

You'll be a technical authority on how we structure, secure, and evolve our AWS estate, partnering closely with Security, Compliance, and Data teams to make sure our infrastructure decisions hold up under audit (SOC 2 / FedRAMP-adjacent requirements) as well as under load. As Opto scales, this role will play a critical part in building infrastructure that grows with us.

Your day-to-day will include:

• Owning Kubernetes/EKS lifecycle management, including planning and executing cluster upgrades independently
• Inheriting, understanding, and improving our existing Terraform-based infrastructure as code at scale
• Supporting and evolving our AWS enterprise networking setup and multi-account architecture
• Partnering with Security, Compliance, and Data teams to ensure infrastructure decisions meet audit and governance requirements (SOC2 / FedRAMP-adjacent)
• Scaling our infrastructure to support Opto's growth, building on our existing architecture
• Coordinating with business stakeholders to administer and facilitate hosted infrastructure needs
• Supporting broader platform reliability initiatives

About You

Required Skills

• Deep Kubernetes/EKS experience, with the ability to own version upgrades independently
• Terraform/IaC proficiency at scale (Pulumi experience a plus)
• Experience with AWS cloud infrastructure, including enterprise networking, containers, and multi-AZ deployments
• Strong operational competence with Linux systems and shell scripting
• Experience with CI/CD and Git-based workflows
• Compliance and security posture experience, including SOC2, access management (Okta/IAM), and audit readiness
• Comfort operating in a high-trust, interrupt-driven environment at a startup or similarly fast-paced organization
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with experience working cross-functionally across multiple teams

Bonus Skills

• Familiarity with Opto's broader tech stack (React/Next.js TypeScript, Python and Java REST APIs, Snowflake, Datadog)
• Experience in regulated industries such as fintech, wealth management, banking/payments, or healthcare
• Familiarity with ISO 27001

Background

• 6+ years of experience in a DevOps, SRE, or Platform Engineering role; staff-level or subject-matter-expert depth preferred
• Comparable backgrounds include Platform Engineer, Infrastructure Engineer, SRE, or DevOps Engineer
• Track record operating in a high-trust, interrupt-driven environment at a startup or similarly fast-paced organization
• Applicants must be authorized to work for ANY employer in the U.S. We are unable to sponsor or take over sponsorship of an employment Visa at this time.

Compensation and Benefits

The successful candidate for this role can expect a generous compensation and benefits package. The cash salary range for this role is $170,000-$225,000 dependent on skills, experience and expected contribution.

All full time employees at Opto enjoy:

• Equity
• Health, dental, and vision insurance
• Unlimited PTO
• Retirement savings plan (401k)
• Learning, Fitness and Commuter stipends
• Paid Holidays

This position is based in either our San Francisco office or our New York office.

At this time, Opto can only hire candidates who reside in the following states: California, Colorado, Florida, Idaho, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Nevada, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, North Dakota, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Tennessee, Texas, Virginia, and Washington. If you do not currently reside in one of these states, we are unable to consider your application at this time.