Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Design and scale the core infrastructure that powers the Assured platform, supporting the growth of existing systems and the launch of entirely new product lines
• ▹Automate with Terraform and Terragrunt, building reliable, repeatable environments
• ▹Advance the AWS foundations, including EKS, SQS, Aurora, and S3, with a focus on performance, scalability, and long-term sustainability
• ▹Collaborate closely with engineering and product teams to improve reliability, performance, and observability across every layer of the stack
• ▹Embed security by design by implementing best practices and continuously evolving how data and systems are protected
• ▹Build tools and systems that streamline developer workflows and accelerate product delivery
• ▹Lead and mentor by guiding architectural decisions, sharing knowledge, and raising the technical bar for the team

Requirements

• ▹Building end-to-end infrastructure from first principles to production, and scaling systems thoughtfully as they grow
• ▹Automating with purpose, creating tools and workflows that reduce toil
• ▹Proactively identifying and solving infrastructure challenges before they impact reliability or performance
• ▹Experience building and maintaining highly available databases, especially Aurora PostgreSQL
• ▹Strong hands-on expertise in AWS, Terraform, and Kubernetes within fast-moving, distributed environments
• ▹Resourceful, adaptable, and collaborative even when priorities shift

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Competitive salary and equity packages for all employees
• ▹Platinum medical, dental, and vision healthcare plan
• ▹Free life insurance, including long-term and short-term disability
• ▹Unlimited PTO and paid holidays
• ▹Maternity and paternity family leave
• ▹401(k) contribution: 3% of income, even if you do not contribute
• ▹WFH benefits: lunch on the company twice a week, monthly phone stipend, and other home office perks
• ▹Health FSAs and HSAs for pre-tax out-of-pocket medical expenses
• ▹Team events and offsites for the remote team

About the company

Assured is modernizing insurance, providing large insurers with software from self-service claim filing to backend fraud detection so that claims processing becomes less manual.