Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Rainmaker

$130K — $190K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in building production infrastructure
  • Strong AWS expertise and familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Pulumi or Terraform
  • Proven experience managing secrets and credentials
  • Experience designing or maintaining zero-trust networks, specifically WireGuard-based
  • Ability to work autonomously and bring thoughtful opinions to the table
  • Willingness to relocate to El Segundo, CA
  • Strong track record of shipping production systems and features.

Responsibilities

  • Own and standardize production infrastructure from deployment to recovery
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines for fast-paced development
  • Ensure a balance between security and development speed
  • Collaborate across various fields including software, science, aircraft engineering, and operations
  • Implement observability for continuous monitoring of systems
  • Manage incident responses and recovery processes
  • Proactively address vulnerability management.

Benefits

  • Significant stock options with high potential upside
  • 401(k) with employer matching
  • Comprehensive health coverage including medical, dental, and vision
  • Relocation assistance available
  • Unlimited paid time off (PTO) policy
  • Paid parental leave for both parents
  • In-office lunches and fully stocked kitchenette.
Full Job Description
The role

Rainmaker is hiring a Software Engineer to own our production infrastructure and security.

Your scope includes cloud infrastructure, deployments, observability, identity and access, secrets, vulnerability management, incident response, and recovery. You will build remote systems that work 24/7 and accommodate lost comms. Storms do not wait for business hours.

What you'll do

  • Own production infrastructure end to end, setting the standards for how services get deployed, monitored, and recovered.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and test infrastructure for rapid agentic development.
  • Balance rigor and security with the need for engineers to move quickly.
  • Work across software, science, aircraft engineering, and field operations.


What we're looking for

  • A software engineer with experience building production infrastructure.
  • Fast, thoughtful, autonomous, and opinionated.
  • Willing to relocate to El Segundo, CA.
  • Built and operated production systems. We care more about what you have shipped than your degree or years in the industry.
  • Deep familiarity with AWS and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Pulumi or Terraform.
  • Managed secrets and credential lifecycles in a fast-moving environment.
  • Designed or maintained zero-trust, WireGuard-based networks; we run almost everything on Tailscale.


What success looks like

You will understand all of Rainmaker's critical systems, data flows, access model, and largest operational and security risks and have shipped at least one material improvement. Within your first year, critical services will be easier to deploy, observe, secure, and recover. Software capabilities should scale faster than requisite operational effort.

$130,000 - $190,000 a year

Benefits
  • Significant stock options with high potential upside as an early-stage company
  • 401(k) with employer matching
  • Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)
  • Relocation assistance provided (if applicable)
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Paid parental leave for both parents
  • Lunch provided when working in-office and a fully stocked kitchenette

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