Candidly
Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Remote - USA · Senior
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 63 days ago
PythonBashGitPostgreSQLMySQLRedshiftAWSAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesAnsibleCI/CDLinuxDatadogDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringMachine LearningData EngineeringCybersecurityIncident ResponseComplianceJiraConfluence
About the role
- Candidly is a high-growth, Series B startup, funded by leading investors including Altos Ventures, Aflac, Salesforce Ventures, UBS, Equal Opportunity Ventures, Impact Engine, Rethink Impact, Unum, and Cercano Management.
- Our fully remote, international team of 70 (and counting) includes alumni from Google, UBS, Twitter, Plaid, Prudential, LendingTree, Morgan Stanley, Deutsche Bank, and more.
- Candidly strives to foster an environment where every employee can succeed.
Responsibilities
- Lead the design and implementation of scalable, secure, and resilient cloud infrastructure across AWS and Azure, supporting both Candidly's AI and SaaS products
- Own and enforce best practices for infrastructure as code (IaC), CI/CD, and automated deployments
- Take the lead on automating and accelerating SDLC processes - identifying bottlenecks in how we build and ship, and designing solutions that make the whole pipeline faster and smoother, whether that involves AI-assisted tooling or traditional automation
- Lead incident response and post-mortems with a focus on systemic improvement, not just immediate fixes
- You bring genuine energy and drive. You're energized by ambiguity, you raise the bar for yourself and others, and you don't settle for "good enough" when better is possible
Requirements
- Required Skills and Experience
- 5-7+ years of hands-on experience in cloud infrastructure, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE)
- Deep experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) for container orchestration at scale using CloudFormation, AWS CDK, Docker, and Kubernetes
- Excellent written and verbal English communication - you can translate tradeoffs for engineers and stakeholders alike
- Expertise in CI/CD pipelines (AWS CodePipeline, GitLab CI, or similar)
- Strong proficiency in scripting and automation using Python, Bash, and Ansible
- Hands-on experience with high-availability architectures and auto-scaling strategies
Nice to have
- Experience with databases (MySQL, Postgres, Redshift)
- Familiarity with serverless architectures (AWS Lambda, Fargate)
- Knowledge of database replication strategies
- Proven technical leadership experience, including improving infrastructure processes
- AWS Professional-level certifications (Solutions Architect Professional, DevOps Engineer Professional)
- Knowledge of event-driven architectures (SNS, SQS, EventBridge)
- Experience in cost optimization strategies for AWS environments
- Experience in compliance frameworks (SOC, NIST, ISO, CCPA, GDPR)
Benefits
- We partner with hundreds of top employers, financial institutions, and retirement record keepers, positioning Candidly to serve more than 35 million Americans.
- Drive the architectural vision and strategy, ensuring alignment with long-term business goals and surfacing risks before they become problems
Company info
- Candidly was founded in 2016 to flip the script on what it means to plan, borrow, repay, and save for college.
Equal opportunity
- Equal Opportunity Ventures, Impact Engine, Rethink Impact, Unum, and Cercano Management.
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