Category Labs

Category Labs

Senior DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer

New York (Hybrid) · Senior · Full-time

Sponsorship not specified$180k-$250kDetected 78 days ago
PythonBashNode.jsKubernetesTerraformAnsibleLinuxPrometheusGrafanaDevOpsSite Reliability EngineeringLLMsAgentic AIAI OrchestrationDNSCollaboration

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About the role

  • We're looking for a Senior DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer to operate the infrastructure behind Monad, and to push how much of that operation can be driven by AI.

Responsibilities

  • Own our infrastructure-as-code: Ansible for fleet configuration, Terraform + Atlantis for cloud and DNS, and Kubernetes/Flux (GitOps) for platform services.
  • Build and operate observability and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki)
  • create dashboards and alerts that catch problems before they page while minimizing false positives.
  • Design and build agentic operations: develop AI agents, tooling (e.g., MCP servers), and runbooks-as-code that let agents safely investigate, diagnose, and execute routine operations, with deterministic guardrails and human oversight.
  • Harden nodes and services, manage secrets, and continuously drive down manual toil.
  • Build and operate observability and alerting (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki); create dashboards and alerts that catch problems before they page while minimizing false positives.
  • You'll build in the open, and your work ships where the whole ecosystem can see it.
  • AI is leverage, not a crutch. Review what it generates with the same scrutiny you'd give a teammate's PR, and own every line you ship.

Requirements

  • You have 5+ years in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering, operating production systems at scale.
  • You have strong Linux, systemd, networking, and shell fundamentals, and you're comfortable debugging live systems over SSH.
  • You have deep, hands-on infrastructure-as-code experience with Ansible and Terraform.
  • You have experience with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, Loki, or equivalents).
  • You have hands-on fluency with AI-assisted engineering: you use coding agents and LLM tooling in your daily workflow and have judgment on where it helps and where it's risky.
  • You have experience designing automation with safe guardrails, and you bring calm, methodical incident response.
  • You have programming and scripting experience (e.g., Python, bash).

Nice to have

  • Experience with Kubernetes and GitOps (Flux or Argo) is a plus.
  • Experience serving inference, either locally or as a service is a plus.
  • Previous experience with blockchain clients or node operations is a plus.
  • A Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field is a plus.

Skills

  • We write the core software that runs it:

Compensation

  • You'll receive a competitive salary and equity package.
  • The base salary range for this role is $180,000 - $250,000.
  • If you are based outside of the US, we have geographic considerations that may impact your final compensation.

Benefits

  • It does not include benefits, token, or equity incentives.
  • Private health insurance options
  • Flexible paid time off
  • Monthly wellness reimbursement
  • Paid parental leave
  • World-class benefits package with 100% paid medical, dental, and vision insurance including 75% coverage for dependents and HSA + FSA options
  • Lunch and dinner stipend (in-office NYC)

Company info

  • After raising $225M in series A funding, led by Paradigm, we are growing our team.
  • THE ROLE We're looking for a Senior DevOps / Infrastructure Engineer to operate the infrastructure behind Monad, and to push how much of that operation can be driven by AI.
  • We are united in our culture of collaboration, low ego, and high-quality output.
  • You'll be part of a small, exceptional team (engineers and researchers make up 90% of the team).
  • As an early member of our team, you'll help to shape our culture.

Equal opportunity

  • Category Labs is an Equal Employment Opportunity (EEO) employer and welcomes all qualified applicants.
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