Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Scale AI · San Francisco, CA; New York, NY · Horizontals EPD · listed September 24, 2026
The shape of it
Seniority
Senior
Experience asked
6+ years
Where
Not stated
Stated pay
$143,000 – $178,000 USD
Requirements listed
5
Length
874 words
In the posting’s own words
The Platform team is responsible for building the core abstractions and infrastructure on which the products can be built and iterated rapidly. We are looking for an Operations-focused AWS Engineer with deep experience in infrastructure management, lifecycle maintenance, and security hardening. We are looking for Ops specialists who thrive on optimizing, securing, and maintaining the health of large-scale AWS environments. You have a growth mindset and are comfortable learning new technologies.
What it asks for · 5
- Extensive AWS Experience : 6+ years of experience with core AWS services (EC2, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, EKS) and experience managing multi-account environments.
- Patching & Upgrades : Proven track record of managing large-scale patching programs and performing major version upgrades for OS and middleware with minimal downtime.
- Operational Tooling : Proficiency with AWS Systems Manager (SSM), Terraform, Atlantis, and Kubernetes for configuration management and automation.
- Scripting : Familiarity with writing functional scripts (Bash, Python, etc.) to automate operational workflows - focused on system management rather than application development.
- Security Focus : Experience with vulnerability scanning tools and a strong understanding of how to harden cloud infrastructure against common threats.
Tools and skills named
Cloud & infra
- AWS8×
- GCP2×
- Azure
- Datadog
- Kubernetes
- Terraform
Security & compliance
- Security5×
- IAM
Languages
- Bash
- Python
Words the posting leans on
- aws8×
- experience8×
- infrastructure6×
- security5×
- system5×
- cloud4×
- management4×
- operational4×
- patching4×
- health3×
- large-scale3×
- lifecycle3×
- tools3×
- automate2×
- automation2×
- build2×
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