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Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Kindred· Engineering
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Remote - US or Canada$170k - $210kFull-timePosted 11mo ago

About the role

Platform Engineer focused on cloud infrastructure, DevOps, and backend systems to build scalable, reliable infrastructure powering Kindred’s consumer platform.

Responsibilities

  • Serve as infrastructure lead and own key decisions including cloud architecture, platform strategy, deployment pipelines, and infrastructure-as-code implementation.
  • Design, build, and maintain scalable AWS infrastructure that supports our growing platform and enables rapid product development.
  • Develop internal tools, automation, and backend services that improve developer productivity and operational efficiency.
  • Work directly with engineering, and data teams to ensure infrastructure supports current needs while scaling for future growth.
  • Help establish infrastructure best practices and mentor engineers across the organization on cloud architecture, observability, and operational excellence.

Qualifications

  • 5+ years of technical experience in platform engineering, infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles.
  • Deep hands-on experience with AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, RDS, Lambda, S3, CloudFront, VPC, IAM, etc.).
  • Strong coding skills (Python, Javascript/Typescript, or similar) and experience building internal tools, automation scripts, and infrastructure services.
  • Experience implementing and managing CI/CD pipelines, containerization (Docker, Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar).
  • Experience with observability tools, monitoring, logging, and incident response practices.
  • Demonstrated success leading infrastructure initiatives and making critical architectural decisions at previous roles.
  • Prior experience at a high-growth stage company.
  • Ability to treat engineering as the client and enable innovation and rapid iteration.
  • Ability to exercise strong judgment balancing cost, performance, security, and velocity.
  • Excellent listening and cross-functional communication skills in a fast-paced environment.
  • Comfort with uncertainty and ambiguity.
  • Interest in building foundational systems to support long-term growth.
  • Pragmatic approach to engineering and tool selection.
  • Energetic, humble, and positive attitude.

Skills

Required:Cloud infrastructure design and architectureAWS servicesProgramming / ScriptingCI/CD and IaCObservability / MonitoringLeadership / cross-functional collaboration

Benefits

  • Competitive cash compensation and equity
  • Comprehensive health benefits
  • Flexible time off, plus 12 paid holidays per year
  • 21 credits per year to stay in Kindred homes
  • $4,000 annual travel stipend to help offset travel-related costs
  • Remote-first and remote-flexible work environment, with opportunities to work from anywhere and gather in person, including at Kindred HQ in San Francisco
  • Regular team and company offsites to connect, collaborate, and build together
  • A vibrant, inclusive, and highly skilled team that ferociously protects team chemistry
  • A culture of high standards, feedback, and continual growth
Last updated Sep 3, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.

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