# Senior Engineer

**Company:** [Zuma](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/zuma)
**Location:** Remote
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Experience:** 3+ years
**Skills:** Node.js, AWS, GCP, Terraform, Pulumi, CI/CD, Databases, React, TypeScript, DevOps
**Posted:** 2025-08-12

> Builds and scales backend systems, cloud infrastructure, and deployment pipelines for an AI platform serving property managers. Requires 3+ years experience with Node.js, IaC tools like Terraform, and DevOps practices.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead critical system rewrites to transform our architecture into a highly scalable, resilient foundation
- Own the design and performance optimization of our data storage systems, ensuring they scale with customer and AI demands
- Build and evolve our deployment pipelines, enabling reliable, automated releases for AI-first products
- Set up and manage modern cloud infrastructure from scratch, leveraging Infrastructure as Code (IaC) to ensure consistency, security, and scalability
- Establish engineering best practices, including observability, incident response processes, and system hardening for an AI-first platform
- Drive robust analytics and monitoring to track performance, reliability, and the effectiveness of our AI solutions
- Mentor engineers and elevate the team's capabilities across infrastructure, scalability, and AI product development

## Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field
- 3+ years of experience building production-grade software systems, with a focus on scalability, performance, and reliability
- Proven expertise in backend development with **Node.js**, including API design, system architecture, and cloud-based services
- Experience with cloud infrastructure (**AWS**, **GCP**, or similar) and deploying production systems using Infrastructure as Code (e.g., **Terraform**, **Pulumi**)
- Hands-on experience with database design, performance tuning, and scaling high-throughput data systems
- Familiarity with building and maintaining **CI/CD** pipelines, automated testing, and modern DevOps practices
- Strong communication skills and ability to work effectively in a distributed, fast-paced environment
- Comfortable operating in early-stage, high-ownership environments with evolving requirements

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience with **React** and **TypeScript** on the frontend
- Exposure to LLM-based systems, AI infrastructure, or agentic AI workflows

## Benefits
- Great health insurance, dental, and vision
- Gym and workspace stipends
- Computer and workspace enhancements
- Unlimited PTO

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