# Infrastructure Software Engineering Intern

**Company:** [Fab2](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/fab2)
**Location:** Austin, TX, San Francisco, CA
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $114k – $131k/yr
**Experience:** 0+ years
**Skills:** Rust, Go, Python, Linux, Networking, Distributed Systems, Infrastructure As Code, Systemd, Prometheus, Grafana, Elk Stack, Datadog, Vault, SOPs, Pki
**Posted:** 2026-09-05

> Infrastructure and site reliability intern building and operating on-premises backend infrastructure for a semiconductor fabrication environment. The role emphasizes systems programming, Linux, networking, reliability, observability, automation, and performance engineering.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Build and evolve infrastructure-as-code tooling for complex, multi-environment deployments.
- Help manage and maintain on-premises servers, ensuring high availability and efficient resource utilization.
- Monitor and maintain system performance and health across diverse production workloads.
- Design, implement, and refine alerting systems.
- Build automation to reduce operational toil.
- Implement secure secret management.
- Debug production issues across the stack.
- Partner with engineering teams to understand infrastructure needs and deliver scalable solutions.

## Requirements
- Pursuing a bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent demonstrated software-engineering skill.
- Strong programming skills in Rust, Go, or other systems-oriented languages.
- Understanding of Linux systems, networking fundamentals, and distributed-systems concepts.
- Experience building or maintaining non-trivial infrastructure, automation, or tooling projects.
- Interest in systems reliability, observability, infrastructure automation, or performance optimization.
- Portfolio demonstrating software-engineering excellence and curiosity.

## Nice-to-haves
- Experience with configuration management or fleet management at scale.
- Background with monitoring and observability tools.
- Familiarity with performance profiling and capacity planning.
- Experience with database administration, backup strategies, or disaster recovery.
- Exposure to secret-management systems or PKI.

## Compensation and benefits
- Hourly compensation equivalent to an annualized range of $114,000–$131,000, depending on experience and education; actual earnings vary with hours worked.
- Housing stipend, meals, stocked office kitchen, learning and development opportunities, commuter benefits, paid time off, visa sponsorship, medical, dental and vision insurance, 401(k), and life and disability insurance.

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