Ironflow AI

Ironflow AI

Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure

San Diego · Senior

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 118 days ago
TypeScriptPythonNode.jsFastAPIBackend DevelopmentGitPostgreSQLAWSKubernetesHelmCI/CDGitHub ActionsLinuxPrometheusGrafanaDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringTemporalAI OrchestrationComplianceERPPlaywrightLoad TestingTest Automation

About the role

  • We operate on AWS GovCloud in an environment purpose-built for ITAR and CUI compliance, which means the infrastructure decisions you make carry real regulatory weight.

Responsibilities

  • We're starting fresh - reimagining how software supports operations at the cutting edge of the defense tech revolution.
  • You'll own the reliability, performance, and security of our infrastructure while working closely with product engineers to ship features faster.
  • deploy workloads, tune Karpenter node autoscaling, maintain Helm charts, and keep clusters healthy.
  • Support and extend Temporal-based workflow orchestration for background processing.

Requirements

  • Deep hands-on experience with AWS services in production (EKS, IAM, Secrets Manager, ECR, RDS).
  • Strong Kubernetes expertise: you've operated clusters, debugged networking issues, managed Helm charts, and tuned workloads.
  • Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript with a genuine interest in writing application code alongside infrastructure work.
  • Experience with GitOps workflows: ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, and Helm-based deployments.
  • Comfort with Linux systems administration and shell scripting.
  • Familiarity with compliance-driven infrastructure: audit logging, access controls, and evidence collection for frameworks like CMMC, FedRAMP, and SOC 2.
  • Deep hands-on experience with AWS services in production (EKS, IAM, Secrets Manager, ECR, RDS). Experience with or strong working knowledge of AWS GovCloud is a significant plus.
  • Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (DNS, load balancing, TLS, Kubernetes Gateway API).
  • A collaborative, low-ego mindset: you thrive in small, fast-moving teams.

Nice to have

  • Experience with Envoy Gateway or the Kubernetes Gateway API.
  • Background in PostgreSQL administration and schema-based multi-tenancy.
  • Familiarity with the Grafana observability stack (Loki, Tempo, Prometheus).
  • Experience with Karpenter for node autoscaling or cost optimization strategies for cloud spend.
  • Experience with Temporal for workflow orchestration.
  • Experience in a startup or high-growth environment where you wore many hats.
  • How We Work We value autonomy, urgency, and ownership.
  • Everyone at Ironflow moves fast, solves real problems, and holds a high bar for craft.

Skills

  • What You'll Own
  • Infrastructure & Cloud

Company info

  • About Ironflow AI We are building the world's first AI-native ERP for defense tech - a system that thinks, reasons, and acts alongside the people who build, protect, and defend our way of life.
  • Why This Role Matters We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Infrastructure who is excited about building and scaling the platform that powers our product.

This listing is sourced directly from Ironflow AI's careers page and normalized into a canonical job model.