Member of Technical Staff, Infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Own and evolve Envoy's core infrastructure platform to be opinionated and well-bounded, ensuring shared systems are not the dominant source of customer-facing downtime.
• Define and own infrastructure SLOs, error budgets, and operational signals for core Kubernetes and cloud services, using them to guide prioritization, incident response, and platform investment.
• Design and lead the architecture and standards for AWS infrastructure, with Terraform as the source of truth and a strong focus on consistency, safety, and auditability.
• Own the Kubernetes platform and its surrounding ecosystem, including cluster architecture, scaling strategies, observability, and operational best practices.
• Build and maintain paved paths for service deployment, CI/CD, networking, observability, and access control, reducing ad-hoc infrastructure decisions and the need for direct production access.
• Partner closely with application, security, and developer experience teams to design infrastructure that meets product needs while enforcing clear guardrails and ownership boundaries.
• Drive meaningful reductions in operational toil by improving defaults, automation, and platform ergonomics, including pragmatic adoption of AI-assisted workflows where they demonstrably improve signal, safety, or speed.
• Participate in the on-call rotation and ensure incidents result in durable fixes and systemic improvements, not repeated manual intervention.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience building and operating cloud infrastructure at scale, with deep expertise in AWS.
• Strong hands-on experience with Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools, and a clear point of view on declarative infrastructure and guardrails.
• Deep experience designing, operating, and evolving Kubernetes platforms in production environments.
• Proven ability to design systems that balance reliability, security, developer experience, and cost.
• Experience influencing CI/CD systems and deployment workflows at an organizational or platform level.
• Strong software engineering skills in at least one general-purpose language such as Go or Python, and comfort with shell tooling.
• A solid understanding of distributed systems, networking, and production operations.
• Excellent communication skills and the ability to lead through influence rather than authority.

Nice to Have

• Experience in high-growth or startup environments where platforms evolve rapidly.
• Familiarity with SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar compliance frameworks.
• Experience partnering closely with security teams on secure-by-default infrastructure and access models.
• Exposure to service mesh, advanced networking patterns, or multi-region architectures.
• Experience applying AI-assisted tools or workflows to improve infrastructure safety, speed, or operational signal.