Principal Infrastructure Engineer

Summary

Join Unstructured as a player-coach to lead infrastructure, mentoring engineers and setting the direction for secure and efficient scaling. Own cloud infrastructure and internal platforms, leading organization-level infrastructure design and reliability strategies. Solve complex infrastructure problems, contributing directly to core infrastructure design and optimization. Mentor engineers, promoting operational excellence and automation. Ensure consistent infrastructure designs enabling fast-moving product teams, and shape how systems are built, deployed, and operated. This role requires significant experience leading and delivering complex systems at scale.

Requirements

• Experience: 10+ years of infrastructure or site reliability engineering experience with a track record of leading and delivering complex systems at scale
• Technical Expertise: Python, Deep knowledge of cloud platforms (e.g., AWS, GCP, or Azure), containerization (e.g., Docker, Kubernetes), IaC tools (e.g., Terraform), and system observability
• Leadership: Proven experience influencing technical strategy and architecture across multiple teams
• Skilled at mentoring and building high-performing infrastructure or SRE teams
• Problem Solving: Exceptional systems-thinking and debugging skills; adept at analyzing complex distributed systems and designing scalable, fault-tolerant solutions
• Communication: Clear, concise communicator who can convey infrastructure concepts to both technical stakeholders and non-engineering partners
• Adaptability: Comfortable operating in ambiguous, fast-changing environments where infrastructure needs evolve rapidly alongside product requirements

Responsibilities

• Own and drive the architecture and design of scalable, resilient infrastructure systems across the organization
• Define and influence infrastructure strategy in alignment with product and business goals
• Lead cross-functional, high-impact infrastructure initiatives involving compute, networking, storage, and orchestration
• Provide deep technical guidance and mentorship across engineering, platform, and DevOps teams
• Solve persistent and complex infrastructure problems at scale
• Drive root cause analysis, mitigation strategies, and proactive risk reduction across systems
• Contribute directly to the design, implementation, and optimization of core infrastructure
• Improve CI/CD pipelines, observability, automation, and production readiness for mission-critical systems
• Mentor engineers and promote a culture of operational excellence, automation, and reliability
• Act as a force multiplier by raising infrastructure engineering standards and best practices across teams
• Ensure consistent, simple, and scalable infrastructure designs that enable fast-moving product teams
• Resolve escalations related to performance, uptime, or platform dependencies and prevent long-term architectural bottlenecks
• Shape how we build, deploy, and operate our systems now and in the future
• Make foundational decisions that impact developer experience, cloud strategy, and platform capabilities

Benefits

• Impactful Work: Play a key role in shaping the future of our organization and its products
• Innovation: Work on challenging problems that require innovative solutions
• Growth: Opportunities to grow your career in a dynamic and fast-paced environment
• Collaboration: Join a team that values collaboration, mentorship, and continuous learning