Infrastructure Engineer

Infrastructure Engineer Company: $40M-Funded Series A Industrial Technology Startup Location: San Francisco, CA Work Arrangement: Onsite, five days per week Compensation: $150,000 to $175,000 base salary, plus equity Experience: Ideally 3 to 8 years About the Company Our client is a VC-backed industrial technology startup rebuilding America’s metal supply through advanced recycling and computer vision technology. The company has developed novel sortation technology that separates mixed scrap into pure alloys, as well as computer vision sensors that help recycling facilities price materials accurately and detect fraud in real time. Backed by $40 million in Series A funding, the company is a small, high-caliber team preparing to scale its technology across hundreds of customer locations nationwide. About the Role The company is hiring its first dedicated Infrastructure Engineer to own the operational foundation of its sensor platform. You will take end-to-end responsibility for cloud infrastructure, infrastructure-as-code, deployment pipelines, observability, incident response, reliability, and cost controls. This is a hands-on role for an engineer who has scaled production infrastructure and is comfortable operating independently within an early-stage environment. This is not an application-development position with occasional DevOps responsibilities. What You’ll Do Own production infrastructure across GCP, including Cloud Run, Cloud SQL, GCS, IAM, secrets, and environment parityBuild and maintain infrastructure as code using TerraformDevelop CI/CD pipelines and deployment automationImplement observability across logs, metrics, alerts, dashboards, and incident responseImprove platform reliability, scalability, security, and operational performanceEstablish cloud cost controls as customer deployments increaseManage observability for GPU workloadsBuild fleet automation for edge devices deployed at customer locationsOwn production incidents and participate in on-call responsibilitiesPartner directly with the founders and engineering team on infrastructure decisions Required Qualifications Ideally, 3+ years of infrastructure, platform, DevOps, SRE, or cloud engineering experienceProven end-to-end ownership of production infrastructureDemonstrated experience scaling infrastructure in a production environmentStrong experience with GCP or AWSHands-on experience with Terraform or comparable infrastructure-as-code toolingStrong knowledge of Docker, Linux, CI/CD, and deployment automationExperience implementing observability systems for logs, metrics, alerts, and incident responseProduction on-call or incident-response experienceAbility to own infrastructure with minimal oversightComputer science degree or equivalent engineering backgroundAbility to work onsite in San Francisco five days per week Preferred Qualifications Experience at a top-tier technology company or high-growth VC-backed startupEarly-stage startup experience, preferably Series A or earlierExperience managing GPU workloads or distributed edge-device fleetsFamiliarity with Python, FastAPI, and PostgreSQLExperience with Cloud SQL performance tuningFamiliarity with Ansible, Tailscale, GitHub Actions, or similar toolsExperience managing cloud costs and capacity planningBackground supporting hardware and software systems operating across distributed physical locations What Makes This Opportunity Different Become the first dedicated infrastructure hire at a well-funded Series A startupOwn the entire operational foundation rather than a narrow piece of a larger platformWork across cloud services, GPU jobs, deployment systems, and edge-device fleetsJoin a small team solving a major industrial and environmental problemReceive competitive equity with meaningful ground-floor upside Work Authorization and Relocation The company cannot provide new visa sponsorship. Existing visa transfers may be considered. Candidates must be based in or willing to relocate to the San Francisco Bay Area. Relocation assistance is not currently provided. Interview Process Founder screenTechnical interviewOne to two-day work trial