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Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Rainmaker· R&D
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El Segundo, CA$130k - $190kFull-timePosted 1mo ago

About the role

Rainmaker builds systems to increase precipitation and improve water availability. Our software connects atmospheric science, autonomous aircraft, radar and satellite observations, weather modeling, and novel sensing technologies to support field operations and turn each operation into data that improves the next one.

Responsibilities

  • Own production infrastructure end to end, setting the standards for how services get deployed, monitored, and recovered.
  • Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines and test infrastructure for rapid agentic development.
  • Balance rigor and security with the need for engineers to move quickly.
  • Work across software, science, aircraft engineering, and field operations.

Qualifications

  • A software engineer with experience building production infrastructure.
  • Fast, thoughtful, autonomous, and opinionated.
  • Willing to relocate to El Segundo, CA.
  • Built and operated production systems. We care more about what you have shipped than your degree or years in the industry.
  • Deep familiarity with AWS and infrastructure-as-code tools such as Pulumi or Terraform.
  • Managed secrets and credential lifecycles in a fast-moving environment.
  • Designed or maintained zero-trust, WireGuard-based networks; we run almost everything on Tailscale.

Skills

Required:Production infrastructureAWSInfrastructure as code (Pulumi/Terraform)Secrets managementZero-trust networking (WireGuard/Tailscale)

Benefits

  • Significant stock options with high potential upside as an early-stage company
  • 401(k) with employer matching
  • Full health coverage (medical, dental, and vision insurance)
  • Relocation assistance provided (if applicable)
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Paid parental leave for both parents
  • Lunch provided when working in-office and a fully stocked kitchenette
Last updated Oct 23, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
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About Rainmaker

Make rain. Make snow. Make droughts end.

Rainmaker uses drone-based cloud seeding to increase rainfall, restore ecosystems, and fight drought. Learn how our scalable weather technology brings water to the West.

cloud seeding companyweather modificationdrone cloud seedingrainfall enhancementdrought solutions
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