Staff Infrastructure Engineer

SentiLink - San Francisco, CA

Hiring: Staff Infrastructure Engineer Company: SentiLink Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-03 10:38:20 Employment Type: Remote Target Skills & Keywords : AWS, Aurora, CI/CD, Configuration Management, Datadog, Design System, Docker, EC2, IAM, Infrastructure as Code, Kubernetes, Linux, OpenSearch, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, Python, RDS, Redshift, Root Cause Analysis, S3, Service Mesh, Terraform About the job Experience: •8+ years of relevant software engineering, infrastructure, platform engineering, or SRE experience, including technical leadership across multiple teams or complex systems. Required Skills: •The ideal candidate combines deep infrastructure expertise with strong technical judgment and the ability to influence engineers and teams without relying on formal authority. •Python, Aurora PostgreSQL, AWS infrastructure, Kubernetes, Docker, Terraform, CICD, observability tooling (e.g., Datadog, Prometheus, SumoLogic), OpenSearch, and Linux •This is a remote, US-based role. •Own the technical direction and architecture of critical infrastructure domains, establishing scalable patterns and standards across SentiLink. •Lead complex, multi-team infrastructure initiatives from design and alignment through implementation, migration, and production operation. •Design and evolve AWS and Kubernetes infrastructure that enables engineering teams to build, deploy, and operate systems reliably at scale. •Establish best practices for Terraform and infrastructure as code, including reusable patterns, testing, configuration management, and drift prevention. •Architect and improve CI/CD, developer tooling, and platform capabilities that increase engineering velocity and deployment safety. Qualifications: •Deep experience designing and operating production infrastructure in AWS, including networking, compute, storage, IAM, and highly available architectures. •Deep hands-on experience designing, operating, scaling, and troubleshooting Kubernetes in production. •Deep experience with Terraform and infrastructure as code, including developing reusable patterns and standards adopted by other engineers. •Strong SRE and observability experience, including monitoring, alerting, incident response, root cause analysis, and reliability engineering. •Strong experience with PostgreSQL and/or Aurora, including performance monitoring, query and index optimization, scaling, and production troubleshooting. •Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience using Python, Go, or another general-purpose language to build production systems or infrastructure tooling. •Demonstrated Staff-level leadership: leading cross-team technical initiatives, making architectural decisions under ambiguity, and influencing technical direction without formal authority. Compensation: •$180,000 - $250,000 / year •$180,000/year - $250,000/year + equity + benefits Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!