Software Engineer - Infrastructure
Build Mercury’s secure, observable infrastructure platform across AWS, networking, containers, and developer tooling. The role requires strong Linux fundamentals, cloud-native experience, technical writing ability, and software development skills, with opportunities to support AI-agent infrastructure.
About the job
Responsibilities
- Build and maintain Mercury’s infrastructure platform for the Engineering organization.
- Develop AI-friendly infrastructure that supports both engineers and agents.
- Deliver infrastructure projects, break down complex initiatives, and define strategy through RFCs and technical specifications.
- Maintain and improve networking, container orchestration, cloud infrastructure, security, observability, and developer enablement.
- Collaborate with product engineering teams to solve production and infrastructure problems.
Requirements
- 2+ years of experience with AWS.
- Strong knowledge of Linux, file systems, containers, and low-level operating-system foundations.
- Interest in cloud-native open-source technologies and comfort contributing code upstream.
- At least 2 years of experience creating technical documentation, RFCs, and technical specifications.
- Strong software development experience and willingness to dive into complex infrastructure problems.
Nice-to-haves
- Experience operating in regulated environments such as HITRUST or SOC 2.
- 2+ years of experience working in large-scale Terraform environments with many contributing engineers.
Compensation and Benefits
- Total rewards include base salary, equity (stock options/RSUs), and benefits.
- US employees: $122,400–$158,400 USD base salary.
- Canadian employees: $115,700–$149,700 CAD base salary.
- Offers consider experience, expertise, geographic location, and internal pay equity.
Skills
AWS, Linux, File Systems, Containers, Terraform, Kubernetes, Amazon Ec2, Amazon Rds, Amazon Opensearch, Amazon Ecs, Amazon Eks, GitHub Actions, Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry
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