Hybrid Software Engineering Lead, Infrastructure

Posted 2 months ago

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About the role

  • Infrastructure Lead building scalable cloud infrastructure for government technology solutions at Kaizen Labs. Leading a small team to create reliable and compliant systems for municipalities.

Responsibilities

  • Build and execute the infrastructure roadmap, defining priorities and driving adoption.
  • Own and consolidate our cloud footprint.
  • Manage infrastructure and observability tools (Datadog, Sentry, etc.) and expand their effectiveness.
  • Collaborate with product engineers to build scalable dev tooling and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Lead and mentor a small team while remaining a strong IC.
  • Ensure compliance-ready infrastructure for government and other highly regulated environments.
  • Make high-level architectural decisions to evolve our platform from early-stage infrastructure into enterprise-grade operations.

Requirements

  • 6+ years of infrastructure or DevOps engineering experience.
  • Proven experience building 0→1 cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP strongly preferred).
  • Proficiency with Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes (or equivalent cloud-native tools).
  • Experience in high-compliance environments (government, healthcare, finance, or public companies).
  • Strong background in observability and monitoring (Datadog, Sentry, or similar).
  • Comfortable leading projects and/or teams, or owning complex infrastructure initiatives.
  • A “builder” mentality: you’ve walked into messy infra setups and transformed them into scalable, reliable systems.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive Health Coverage
  • Dental, Vision & Financial Wellness
  • Parental Leave That Supports Families
  • Everyday Support & Flexibility
  • Perks That Make Life Better
  • Time Off to Recharge

Job title

Software Engineering Lead, Infrastructure

Job type

Experience level

Senior

Salary

$180,000 - $220,000 per year

Degree requirement

Bachelor's Degree

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