# Senior Infra Engineer

**Company:** [LlamaIndex](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/llamaindex)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $180k – $250k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Kubernetes, Terraform, Helm, Prometheus, Grafana, Argo CD, Flux, Python, Postgres, Cdktf
**Posted:** 2026-02-24

> Builds and scales core infrastructure including Kubernetes clusters and cloud resources to power AI data platform. Collaborates with teams on foundational systems, optimizes for cost/performance, and ensures security/compliance. Requires 5+ years infra experience.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Collaborate with other engineering teams to build and maintain foundational systems that empower developers and support the company's rapid growth.
- Design and implement scalable infrastructure solutions for various deployment models, including SaaS, single-tenant, and private deployments.
- Manage and optimize cloud resources and **Kubernetes** clusters for cost-effectiveness and performance.
- Enable external customer deployment success through maintaining clear infrastructure boundaries and principles.
- Optimize and improve the release and deployment processes to enhance efficiency and reliability.
- Ensure compliance with relevant regulations and implement robust security measures across different deployment environments.

## Qualifications
- **5+ years** of engineering experience.
- Worked on Platform or Infrastructure teams on significant projects involving infrastructure components (**Terraform/CDKTF, Kubernetes, Helm**, test infrastructure, release management, observability, etc.).
- Experience in optimizing cloud resource utilization. Proficient in tuning **Kubernetes** clusters and cloud resources for cost and performance efficiency.
- Willing to build LlamaIndex's engineering culture as we grow.
- You can balance speed and pragmatism and build the appropriate solutions for each stage of the company's growth.

## Preferred Qualifications
- Experience building out infrastructure from the ground up at a fast-growing startup.
- Experience with observability tools like **Prometheus, Grafana, New Relic**.
- Experience with **GitOps** tools like **ArgoCD** and **Flux** for continuous deployment.
- Experience with security compliance and audits in cloud environments such as **SOC2**.
- Familiar with **Python, Postgres**, multi-cloud deployments.

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