5+ years of production cloud infrastructure experience on AWS or Google Cloud using Terraform.
Proven expertise in operating Kubernetes clusters, including ingress, autoscaling, and upgrades.
Solid understanding of Linux and networking basics: DNS, TLS, and load balancing.
Proficient in Go, Python, Rust, or another relevant programming language.
Experience with CI/CD, observability, and managing data pipelines or distributed APIs in production.
A demonstrated record of automating operational tasks and managing services through incidents and upgrades.
Responsibilities
Lead the migration to Kubernetes and manage reliable clusters and data services.
Enhance scalability of Kafka-to-Quickwit ingestion; focus on throughput and latency improvements.
Develop repeatable on-prem installation procedures, encompassing configuration and data migration.
Set up effective alerts and reliability benchmarks; direct incident response to prevent recurring issues.
Automate operational processes using Terraform and Helm while enhancing CI/CD and backup systems.
Benefits
100% medical, dental, and vision insurance for the employee, with partial coverage for dependents.
Flexible Paid Time Off (PTO) policy.
Full Job Description
About the role
Formal secures billions of requests daily. Join a small team tackling the infrastructure behind that scale: Kafka-to-Quickwit log ingestion, fast search and APIs, and reliable cloud and on-prem deployments. You'll help lead our move to Kubernetes and make the platform easier to deploy, operate, and upgrade in our cloud and customer environments.
What you'll do
Lead our migration to Kubernetes and operate reliable clusters, networking, access controls, and data services.
Scale Kafka-to-Quickwit ingestion and search; improve throughput, indexing lag, API latency, and storage costs.
Build repeatable on-prem installations and upgrades, including configuration, data migrations, and rollback.
Establish useful alerts and reliability targets; lead incident response and eliminate recurring failures.
Automate provisioning with Terraform and Helm; improve CI/CD, capacity planning, backups, and recovery.
What you need
Experience building and operating production cloud infrastructure on AWS or Google Cloud using Terraform.
Experience operating production Kubernetes clusters, including deployments, ingress, autoscaling, and upgrades.
Strong Linux and networking fundamentals, including DNS, TLS, and load balancing.
Experience with Go, Python, Rust, or another relevant programming language.
Experience with CI/CD, observability, and operating data pipelines or distributed APIs in production.
A track record of automating operational work and owning services through incidents and upgrades.
Nice-to-haves
Experience deploying and supporting on-prem software across customer networks and infrastructure.
Experience with Quickwit or similar search systems, Kafka, PostgreSQL, or Temporal.
Experience with Helm, Bazel, self-hosted CI runners, or environments for AI coding agents.
Compensation
This role offers cash compensation and a stock options grant.
The positioning of offers within a certain range depends on various factors, including: candidate experience, qualifications, skills, business requirements and geographical location.
Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)
100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
