# Founding Infra Engineer

**Company:** [Joyful Health](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/joyful-health)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $150k – $275k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Kubernetes, EKS, GKE, Python, CI/CD, GitHub Actions, Postgres, Terraform, IAM, Infrastructure As Code
**Posted:** 2026-02-05

> Founding Infra Engineer owns Kubernetes-based platform, CI/CD pipelines, observability, security, and PostgreSQL optimization for a healthcare financial OS. Requires 5+ years Infra/SRE experience; NYC-based hybrid role.

## Job Description

## What you’ll do

- Accelerate the entire engineering team by building novel tooling, automation, and proven infra best practices that dramatically increase development velocity
- Design and maintain high-leverage CI/CD workflows (**GitHub Actions**) that make shipping safe, fast, and frustration-free
- Own our **Kubernetes**-based platform end-to-end: architecture, deployment strategy, scaling, and overall reliability
- Build a stable, automated infrastructure layer around our **Python** services, ingestion pipelines, and compute workloads
- Implement robust observability (metrics, logs, tracing) and build a clean operational picture of system health
- Establish strong security foundations: secrets management, **IAM** hardening, system-level policies, and compliance-friendly patterns
- Improve and optimize **PostgreSQL** performance, monitoring, and operational stability across workloads
- Drive the team’s infrastructure roadmap and ensure our architecture supports rapid onboarding and growth
- Build internal tooling that reduces complexity, eliminates manual ops, and gives engineers “superpowers”
- Collaborate closely with engineering and product to ensure that infra choices enable—not constrain—our product velocity

## We’d love to hear from you if…

- You’re energized by Joyful Health’s mission—building tools that help providers take control of their financial health
- You want to shape foundational architecture at an early-stage startup and influence technical decisions for years
- You thrive in ambiguous environments and take pride in owning problems end-to-end
- You value craftsmanship, reliability, and clean abstractions—infra that feels elegant, not duct-taped
- You have **5+ years** of experience in Infra//SRE/platform engineering roles
- You have strong experience with:
  - **Kubernetes** (**EKS** or **GKE** preferred)
  - **Python** engineering workflows
  - **CI/CD** (**GitHub Actions** or similar)
  - **PostgreSQL** performance, operations, and tuning
  - **Infrastructure-as-code** (**Terraform** preferred)
  - Cloud networking, security, and **IAM** best practices

**The base pay range for this role is $150,000–$275,000 per year.**

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