Founding Infrastructure Engineer

The Founding Infrastructure Engineer will establish and own the core infrastructure of an early-stage AI startup developing an enterprise orchestration platform for the commercial real estate industry. As the first dedicated infrastructure hire, you will build the cloud foundation, deployment architecture, and operational systems needed to support a growing enterprise product. You will have significant autonomy in making foundational decisions around cloud architecture, Kubernetes, CI/CD, infrastructure automation, and security. A key focus will be designing reliable, scalable infrastructure with strong tenant-level data isolation and enterprise-grade access controls. Working closely with the engineering team, you will translate evolving product requirements into secure, maintainable technical solutions. This is an opportunity to shape the infrastructure roadmap from the ground up and have a direct impact on the platform's technical direction as the business grows.

• Strong professional background in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, platform engineering, or cloud engineering.

• Demonstrated experience building cloud infrastructure and deployment architecture, preferably from scratch.

• Hands-on experience with at least one major cloud platform: AWS, Azure, and/or GCP.

• Strong experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code practices.

• Practical experience with Docker and Kubernetes for containerization and orchestration.

• Proven ability to design and implement CI/CD pipelines and automated deployment workflows.

• Familiarity with identity and access management concepts and technologies, particularly OIDC and SSO.

• Experience with Vault or comparable secrets-management solutions.

• Python programming experience.

• Understanding of multi-tenant architecture and infrastructure patterns for per-customer data isolation.

• Knowledge of enterprise security expectations, authentication, authorization, and customer data protection.

• Experience supporting production applications and making infrastructure decisions that affect deployment, reliability, and security.

• Ability to independently own infrastructure initiatives, establish technical standards, and make architectural decisions without relying on a large existing infrastructure team.

• Strong problem-solving skills and the ability to turn ambiguous requirements into practical, scalable solutions.

• Comfortable working in a fast-moving, seed-stage startup environment, taking initiative and building systems from the ground up.

• Strong collaboration and communication skills, with the ability to work closely with engineering stakeholders and explain technical decisions.

• Nice to have: Experience as a founding infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineer; supporting enterprise SaaS or AI platforms; designing multi-tenant systems; participating in enterprise security reviews; working across multiple cloud environments; or building infrastructure for AI orchestration applications.