Senior Software Engineer

Senior Infrastructure Engineer - Self-Hosted & On-PremExclusive Search · Infrastructure · Full-time · NYC - Austin - LA THE OPPORTUNITYWe're partnering with a fast-growing software company on an exclusive search for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer. Our client builds production software deployed into some of the most demanding environments around - air-gapped datacenters, customer-managed bare metal, and heavily regulated on-prem infrastructure. As the team scales, they need a dedicated Linux and systems expert to own the self-hosted deployment story: making installs faster, more repeatable, and far easier to debug. This is a high-impact, high-autonomy role for someone who genuinely loves operating at the systems level.THE ROLEThe successful candidate will act as the go-to Linux and infrastructure expert for the client's self-hosted environments. Day-to-day, the role spans a broad remit:— Owning reliability and repeatability of self-hosted and bare metal deployments— Partnering directly with enterprise customers on on-prem deployment requirements and constraints— Leading observability improvements - Grafana, alerting, and debugging tooling across self-hosted environments— Building and maintaining automation for server provisioning and configuration management— Supporting and improving the Kubernetes-based deployment stack and Helm charts— Expanding test coverage for self-hosted configurations to catch issues before customers do— Reducing firefighting by identifying root causes and building durable, long-term solutionsFIRST 90 DAYS PRIORITIES— Stand up improved observability across self-hosted environments - dashboards, alerts, and actionable debugging tools— Contribute to ongoing Kubernetes and deployment stack upgrades— Automate server provisioning to remove manual steps from the install process— Expand test coverage for self-hosted configurations— Engage with customers to understand on-prem requirements and improve deployment playbooksMUST HAVE— Strong Linux systems experience - comfortable at every layer of the stack— DevOps or SRE background with a production and reliability focus— Proven experience with modern deployment practices and tooling— Comfort operating in complex, customer-managed environmentsSTRONG PLUS— Bare metal experience alongside Kubernetes, Helm, and GitOps workflows— Solid networking and infrastructure fundamentals— Datacenter or on-prem deployment background— Security fundamentals - TLS, certificates, network segmentationInterested? Get in touch with a brief note on your on-prem and self-hosted experience.