# Infrastructure Engineer

**Company:** [Forus](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/forus)
**Location:** New York, NY
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $175k – $300k/yr
**Skills:** AWS, Terraform, Docker, Kubernetes, GitHub Actions, Grafana, Datadog, Postgres, CI/CD, Infrastructure As Code
**Posted:** 2025-07-27

> Own and evolve CI/CD, Kubernetes, observability, and developer tooling at an early-stage AI healthcare startup. First dedicated infra hire responsible for platform reliability and engineering velocity.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Design and evolve CI/CD pipelines to improve speed, safety, and developer experience
- Scale and maintain core infrastructure — including Kubernetes clusters, PostgreSQL databases, ephemeral browsers, and data replication workflows
- Build and own monitoring, alerting, and observability systems to ensure platform reliability and uptime
- Integrate AI-powered development tools to streamline engineering workflows
- Analyze and control cloud infrastructure spend while maintaining performance and reliability
- Improve internal tooling and developer environments to unblock execution at every layer
- Partner with engineering and product teams to anticipate scaling challenges and harden critical systems

## Requirements
- Experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles at fast-moving, product-driven tech companies
- Hands-on experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS; GCP and Azure are nice to have)
- Proficiency with infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform preferred)
- Deep familiarity with containerization and orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Experience with observability and monitoring systems (e.g., Grafana, Datadog)
- Proven ability to design and improve CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions)
- High NPS with former teammates

## Nice to Haves
- GCP or Azure experience

## Benefits
- Competitive compensation with meaningful equity
- Fully covered medical, vision, and dental insurance
- Memberships for One Medical, Talkspace, Teladoc, and Kindbody
- Unlimited PTO and 16 weeks of parental leave
- 401K plan, FSA, commuter benefits, DashPass
- Daily lunch and dinner after 7pm at the office

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