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• US, Remote Software Engineer, Compute Infrastructure Remote — U.S. or Canada $230-300K base + competitive equity A fast-growing cloud infrastructure company is hiring a Software Engineer, Compute Infrastructure to help build and evolve the core compute platform used by millions of developers. This is a highly hands-on infrastructure engineering role focused on large-scale Kubernetes, distributed systems, compute orchestration, and cloud infrastructure. You’ll work across multiple cloud providers, regions, and data centers, building systems that need to be reliable, predictable, secure, and performant at significant scale. render What You’ll Work On • Build and operate large-scale Kubernetes and compute infrastructure • Design systems that span multiple cloud providers, regions, and data centers • Improve cluster scalability, reliability, performance, and operational flexibility • Build infrastructure components, controllers, orchestration systems, and automation primarily in Go • Investigate complex distributed systems and cloud infrastructure issues • Help execute high-risk infrastructure upgrades and migrations with minimal downtime • Improve node, pod, container, and workload startup performance • Participate in an engineering on-call rotation What We’re Looking For • 7+ years of software engineering or cloud/compute infrastructure experience • Deep, hands-on Kubernetes expertise, including cluster operations, scaling, networking, and troubleshooting • Experience building and operating infrastructure at meaningful scale across multiple clusters • Strong software engineering background with current hands-on coding experience • Professional experience with Go ; Rust or similar systems programming experience is also relevant • Experience building infrastructure systems rather than simply consuming or operating existing platforms • Strong distributed systems fundamentals • Ability to independently own complex infrastructure projects in an ambiguous environment The hiring team is specifically looking for engineers who can demonstrate real depth in at least one area of infrastructure and explain the scale, architecture, and personal ownership behind what they built. Pasted text Particularly Relevant Experience Experience in one or more of the following areas is especially valuable: • Kubernetes control planes, cluster management, or compute orchestration • Custom Kubernetes controllers, operators, or schedulers • Large-scale cluster lifecycle management • MicroVM or workload-isolation technologies such as Firecracker, gVisor, or Kata • Linux internals or eBPF • Container runtimes and virtualization • Cluster networking, CNI, service mesh, or ingress infrastructure • Bare-metal or hybrid-cloud infrastructure • High-risk infrastructure upgrades or migrations at scale The team does not expect one engineer to have every specialty; deep subject-matter expertise in one of these areas can be enough. Pasted text What This Role Is Not This is not a traditional DevOps or operations-heavy position. The team is looking for software engineers who build infrastructure systems and write code daily , not engineers primarily focused on CI/CD, cloud configuration, application deployment, or maintaining existing environments. Pasted text Tech Stack Kubernetes, Go, Rust, Docker, Linux, eBPF, Firecracker, gVisor, Terraform, Postgres render Compensation & Location • Base salary: $230-300K • Equity: Competitive equity package • Location: Remote within the U.S. or Canada • Employment: Full-time render Why This Opportunity You’ll join a small infrastructure team where individual engineers have significant ownership and impact. The platform supports millions of developers, and the compute layer is central to the company’s product, making this an opportunity to work on infrastructure problems that are both technically deep and directly customer-facing. Pasted text Apply Now More Openings • Remote Senior Site Reliability Engineer (US or Canada) • US, Remote Share This Job

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Software Engineer, Compute Infrastructure
Remote — U.S. or Canada
$230-300K base + competitive equity
A fast-growing cloud infrastructure company is hiring a Software Engineer, Compute Infrastructure to help build and evolve the core compute platform used by millions of developers.
What You’ll Work On
Build and operate large-scale Kubernetes and compute infrastructure
Design systems that span multiple cloud providers, regions, and data centers
Improve cluster scalability, reliability, performance, and operational flexibility
Build infrastructure components, controllers, orchestration systems, and automation primarily in Go
Investigate complex distributed systems and cloud infrastructure issues
Help execute high-risk infrastructure upgrades and migrations with minimal downtime
Improve node, pod, container, and workload startup performance
Participate in an engineering on-call rotation
What We’re Looking For
7+ years of software engineering or cloud/compute infrastructure experience
Deep, hands-on Kubernetes expertise, including cluster operations, scaling, networking, and troubleshooting
Experience building and operating infrastructure at meaningful scale across multiple clusters
Strong software engineering background with current hands-on coding experience
Professional experience with Go ; Rust or similar systems programming experience is also relevant
Experience building infrastructure systems rather than simply consuming or operating existing platforms
Strong distributed systems fundamentals
Ability to independently own complex infrastructure projects in an ambiguous environment
The hiring team is specifically looking for engineers who can demonstrate real depth in at least one area of infrastructure and explain the scale, architecture, and personal ownership behind what they built. Pasted text
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