Founding Engineer (DevOps / Infrastructure)

About Voltaire Voltaire Legal is an early stage legal technology startup developing an AI-native platform designed to centralise, streamline, and manage pro bono work for the legal sector. Our mission is to improve access to justice by empowering legal teams and professionals with human-centred technology that maximises their social impact. To learn more, visit us at voltairelegal.com/about or contact us at info@voltairelegal.com. About the role We are seeking a Founding Engineer based in Australia, with flexibility for fully remote work. As a founding team member, you work with our team to architect, design, and develop software solutions that comprise Voltaire’s AI-powered platform. You will be instrumental in supporting the technical vision of the company and building a robust product to help legal teams deliver greater access to justice. What you'll be doing Own our AWS infrastructure (ECS/Fargate, ECR, IAM) and CI/CD (GitHub Actions), including introducing infrastructure-as-code so our setup is reproducible and auditableBuild out staging environments, monitoring, logging, and incident responseLead a security review of our data handling, access controls, and secrets managementContribute directly to our Node.js/Hono backend and Supabase data layer alongside infra workCollaborate on integrating AI/LLM features (Anthropic SDK) into a platform built to support them reliably What we're looking for You have 2+ years engineering strong systems/infrastructure fundamentals: AWS, CI/CD, containerization (Docker), infra-as-codeYou are comfortable also writing production backend code (Node.js/TypeScript), not infra-onlyYou are a problem solver who works autonomously, takes ownership, and can explain architectural tradeoffs independentlyYou have long-term thinking about infrastructure and security, especially around sensitive dataBonus: You have experience integrating AI/LLM applications into production systems What's in it for you Founding team equityThe opportunity to build a high-impact product in its infancyDirect influence over the company’s product, technology strategy, and future directionMission-driven and fast-moving environmentFlexible fully remote work Contact us If you’re excited about building technology that supports access to justice and social impact, we’d love to hear from you. For more information or to arrange a confidential discussion, please email engineering@voltairelegal.com.