Join Engine as a Staff Software Engineer, Infrastructure, where you will be a strategic leader defining the long-term vision and architectural strategy for the platform that powers our entire engineering organization. This is a hands-on leadership role where you will shape our infrastructure to transform business travel into something personalized, rewarding, and simple.
What You'll Do
- Define and drive the multi-year roadmap for the cloud infrastructure platform, making high-stakes, strategic decisions around performance, cost, and maintainability.
- Architect and lead the implementation of our strategic Infrastructure as Code (IaC) platform.
- Own and drive the evolution of the organization's deployment ecosystem, setting the standard for secure, reliable, and high-velocity enterprise-wide deployment strategy.
- Define the company's observability strategy (SLOs/SLIs) and lead major, cross-functional incident response efforts.
- Architect and own the core platform capabilities and system-level contracts that unlock significant self-service capabilities for all product engineering teams.
- Set the technical standards and best practices for infrastructure engineering across the organization. Provide hands-on coaching and mentoring to Senior and Principal engineers.
- Partner with Security and Compliance leadership to integrate advanced security controls and policy enforcement mechanisms at the architectural layer.
What We're Looking For
- 8+ years of high-impact experience in DevOps, Platform, or Infrastructure roles.
- Proven history of designing and operating large-scale, multi-account production systems on AWS.
- Deep expertise in system-level programming and architectural design in languages such as Go or Python.
- Proven track record of owning critical outcomes end-to-end across multiple functions and driving results with multi-departmental impact.
- Ability to think strategically across functions, connecting technology decisions to company objectives.
- Expert-level knowledge of IaC (Terraform strongly preferred).
- Hands-on experience designing and operating container orchestration systems (Kubernetes/EKS).
- Demonstrated experience serving as a trusted technical advisor and driving change on cross-functional initiatives across a large group of stakeholders.
Nice to Have
- Experience developing and evangelizing an Infrastructure as a Product (IaaP) or Internal Developer Platform (IDP) strategy.
- Expertise in advanced cloud networking, Cloudflare, security primitives, and compliance frameworks.
- Prior experience contributing to company strategy through innovative and effective solutions.
Technical Stack
- AWS, Go, Python, Terraform, Kubernetes, EKS
Team & Environment
You will serve as the domain expert for infrastructure architecture and guide the technical direction of multiple engineering teams.
Benefits & Compensation
- $137,300 - $190,000 USD base pay tied to role and experience, with opportunities for bonuses, commissions, and equity.
- Full list of benefits available at engine.com/culture.
Work Mode
This is a remote position open to candidates in the USA.
Engine is an equal opportunity employer.





