Software Engineer, Infrastructure (all levels)

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Own Render's core infrastructure across multiple data centers and regions
• ▹Help offer unique capabilities to customers through infrastructure innovation
• ▹Plan and architect for rapidly increasing scale
• ▹Debug issues at all levels of the infrastructure stack
• ▹Improve performance and reliability through observability, load testing, and chaos engineering
• ▹Collaborate with other engineers to keep the platform stable, predictable, and secure
• ▹Participate in the on-call rotation

Requirements

• ▹At least 5 years of experience building and scaling cloud infrastructure
• ▹Experience developing, maintaining, and debugging production systems at scale
• ▹Experience building, operating, and scaling Kubernetes clusters or similar orchestration
• ▹Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Pulumi, and Ansible

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with Linux kernel and/or container optimization
• ▹Familiarity with observability tools like Datadog, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry
• ▹Experience hosting PostgreSQL or similar data stores at scale
• ▹Security hardening skills, especially for untrusted workloads

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹4 weeks of paid vacation
• ▹14 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents
• ▹Long-term disability, life insurance, and 401(k) plans
• ▹100% employer-paid medical coverage and 99% employer-paid dental and vision for the employee and a dependent
• ▹FSA and HSA options
• ▹Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness, mental health, and hobbies
• ▹Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy
• ▹Commuter benefits (Bay Area) and home office stipend for remote employees
• ▹Continuous learning benefits and support

About the company

Render is building the modern cloud platform for developers creating AI-native, full-stack applications, trusted by over 6 million developers worldwide. In February 2026 it raised an additional $100M Series C, bringing total funding to $257M.