# Member of Technical Staff, Infrastructure

**Company:** [Envoy](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/envoy)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $250k – $280k/yr
**Experience:** 10+ years
**Skills:** AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, Go, Python, Distributed Systems, Observability, SLOs, Service Mesh
**Posted:** 2026-02-03

> Senior infrastructure engineer owning core platform reliability, evolving Kubernetes and AWS systems with Terraform, defining SLOs, and reducing operational toil through automation and paved paths. Requires 10+ years experience and strong software engineering skills.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Own and evolve Envoy's core infrastructure platform to be opinionated and well-bounded, ensuring shared systems are not the dominant source of customer-facing downtime.
- Define and own infrastructure SLOs, error budgets, and operational signals for core Kubernetes and cloud services, using them to guide prioritization, incident response, and platform investment.
- Design and lead the architecture and standards for AWS infrastructure, with **Terraform** as the source of truth and a strong focus on consistency, safety, and auditability.
- Own the Kubernetes platform and its surrounding ecosystem, including cluster architecture, scaling strategies, observability, and operational best practices.
- Build and maintain paved paths for service deployment, **CI/CD**, networking, observability, and access control, reducing ad-hoc infrastructure decisions and the need for direct production access.
- Partner closely with application, security, and developer experience teams to design infrastructure that meets product needs while enforcing clear guardrails and ownership boundaries.
- Drive meaningful reductions in operational toil by improving defaults, automation, and platform ergonomics, including pragmatic adoption of AI-assisted workflows where they demonstrably improve signal, safety, or speed.
- Participate in the on-call rotation and ensure incidents result in durable fixes and systemic improvements, not repeated manual intervention.

## Requirements
- **10+ years** of experience building and operating cloud infrastructure at scale, with deep expertise in **AWS**.
- Strong hands-on experience with **Terraform** or similar infrastructure-as-code tools, and a clear point of view on declarative infrastructure and guardrails.
- Deep experience designing, operating, and evolving **Kubernetes** platforms in production environments.
- Proven ability to design systems that balance reliability, security, developer experience, and cost.
- Experience influencing **CI/CD** systems and deployment workflows at an organizational or platform level.
- Strong software engineering skills in at least one general-purpose language such as **Go** or **Python**, and comfort with shell tooling.
- A solid understanding of distributed systems, networking, and production operations.
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead through influence rather than authority.

## Nice to Have
- Experience in high-growth or startup environments where platforms evolve rapidly.
- Familiarity with **SOC 2**, **ISO 27001**, or similar compliance frameworks.
- Experience partnering closely with security teams on secure-by-default infrastructure and access models.
- Exposure to service mesh, advanced networking patterns, or multi-region architectures.
- Experience applying AI-assisted tools or workflows to improve infrastructure safety, speed, or operational signal.

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