Lead Infrastructure Engineer

Carefeed

$110K — $130K *
Information Technology
5 - 7 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 6+ years in infrastructure, SRE, or DevOps roles, or equivalent backend engineering experience.
  • Strong passion for enhancing developer tooling for team efficiency.
  • Proficient in AWS, particularly with ECS and Aurora.
  • Experienced in Terraform and CI/CD systems.
  • Comfortable managing complex problems independently.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

Responsibilities

  • Build and operate cloud infrastructure with a focus on simplicity and reliability.
  • Develop and maintain a user-friendly CI/CD pipeline for faster software releases.
  • Standardize operational tools like logging and observability across engineering teams.
  • Respond to production incidents and improve system reliability through postmortems.
  • Collaborate with engineering, product, and operations teams as an infrastructure expert.

Benefits

  • Join a fast-growing startup that makes a meaningful impact in senior care.
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance.
  • 401(k) plan to support long-term financial planning.
  • Paid vacation, sick time, and company holidays for work-life balance.
  • Growth-oriented culture with career development opportunities.
Full Job Description
About the Role: Carefeed is looking for a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to build and maintain the systems that support our software products. You'll lead the design and implementation of our cloud infrastructure, build tools to enhance the productivity of our development teams, and guide the growth of our infrastructure and tooling practice. This role is ideal for engineers with experience in both product development and infrastructure who are eager to lead technical direction and collaborate closely with peers on an impactful infrastructure team. We aim to build our infrastructure and developer tooling team around this hire.

Responsibilities:
  • Build and operate the cloud infrastructure that supports our products, with an eye towards simplicity, reliability, and cost-effectiveness.
  • Build and maintain a CI/CD pipeline that is easy for product developers to use and accelerates the release of new software.
  • Drive the adoption and standardization of operational tools across our engineering team, such as shared logging, alerting and observability tooling.
  • Respond to production incidents, contribute to blameless postmortems, and continuously improve system reliability.
  • Collaborate across engineering, product and business operations teams as an infrastructure expert.

Qualifications:
  • You have 6+ years in infrastructure, SRE, or DevOps roles, especially in production environments, or equivalent experience as a backend engineer.
  • You care deeply about developer tooling and are excited about the opportunity to make Carefeed's engineering team more efficient and effective.
  • You know your way around AWS. Our production systems run on ECS and Aurora, and we plan to continue using AWS for most cloud needs.
  • You are fluent in Terraform and have experience with CI/CD systems.
  • You're comfortable working independently and enjoy owning complex problems from start to finish.
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field (or equivalent work experience).

Work Location: Chicago, IL (Hybrid)

What You'll Love:
  • Join a fast-growing startup making a real impact in the lives of senior care providers and their communities
  • Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision insurance to support your health and well-being
  • 401(k) plan to help you plan for the future
  • Paid vacation, sick time, and company-paid holidays to support work-life balance
  • A culture that values growth and development, with opportunities to grow your career as we scale


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