# Senior Infrastructure Engineer

**Company:** [Polymarket](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/polymarket)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Experience:** 6+ years
**Skills:** AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, Docker, Kafka, Postgres, MongoDB, Redis, Fluxcd, GitHub Actions
**Posted:** 2025-07-25

> Designs, builds, and maintains scalable infrastructure including CI/CD pipelines, developer workflows, and high-performance APIs for a prediction market platform. Requires 6+ years experience with AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and DevOps tools.

## Job Description

## What You’ll Do
- Build & automate development workflows. Design and maintain infrastructure that standardizes how we develop, version, test, and deploy software across environments.
- Architect scalable systems. Make thoughtful architectural decisions and tradeoffs, balancing risk, performance, cost, and maintainability.
- Power high-performance services. Contribute to infrastructure supporting real-time APIs and low-latency data feeds.
- Develop testing infrastructure. Build robust tooling for automated testing at all levels—from unit to integration to API.
- Ensure availability & reliability. Own critical infrastructure that minimizes downtime and reduces risk of failure.
- Move fast without breaking things. Deliver high-quality solutions quickly, with a strong sense of ownership and attention to detail.
- Operate autonomously. Take initiative and make independent decisions.
- Collaborate across teams. Work closely with engineers throughout the company to support deployment, performance, and operational needs.

## What We’re Looking For
- 6+ years of hands-on experience in software engineering, with a strong track record of delivering production-grade systems.
- Deep familiarity with cloud infrastructure and DevOps tooling, including **AWS**, **Kubernetes (K8s)**, **Terraform**, **Kafka**, load balancing, **ElasticCache**, messaging queues, **Flux**, **Docker**, **GitHub Workflows**, **Cloudflare**, **FluxCD**, **PostgreSQL**, **MongoDB**, **Redis**, **S3**, **Lambda**, and AWS networking (VPCs, VPC Peering).
- Excellent communication skills and a strong desire to learn, grow, and collaborate effectively across teams.
- Solid technical acumen and a results-driven mindset, capable of solving complex engineering challenges with practical solutions.
- Proven history of improving engineering workflows, through the creation and implementation of new tools and processes that boost efficiency and consistency.
- Leadership experience in planning and executing large-scale projects, with lasting impact on core systems or engineering teams.
- Ability to ship quickly and iterate fast, without compromising quality.
- Exceptional judgment in prioritizing tasks, balancing urgency with strategic importance.
- Growth-oriented mindset, with a steep learning curve and an eagerness to evolve with the role.
- Genuine passion for engineering—you take pride in your craft and strive for excellence in everything you build.
- Specialized expertise in at least one of the following areas:
  - **Networking**: demonstrated ability to diagnose and resolve complex network-related issues.
  - **Security**: Relevant certifications, such as CISSP, CISM, or AWS certifications, or equivalent experience in designing secure systems.

**(PLUS) Proven experience building deployment systems in:**
- **K8s**
- **RDS / PSQL**
- **IAM policies/roles**
- **ElasticCache**
- **Cloud Networking** (VPC peering, subnets, etc)

## Benefits
- Competitive salary & equity
- Unlimited PTO, Health, Vision, & Dental coverage
- 401k match
- Hardware setup — new MacBook Pro, big display, & accessories.

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