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Lead Infrastructure Engineer

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In-Office
Mountain View, CA
200K-230K Annually
Senior level
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Mountain View, CA
200K-230K Annually
Senior level
The Lead Infrastructure Engineer will own and scale core systems, design and maintain cloud-native infrastructure, lead CI/CD efforts, and mentor engineers.
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Lead Infrastructure Engineer

We’re looking for a Lead Infrastructure Engineer to own and scale the core systems powering developer velocity and platform reliability at Kognitos. If you're passionate about Terraform, scalable cloud infrastructure, and enabling high-performance engineering teams, this is your opportunity to lead from the front.

About the Role

In this hybrid role, you’ll operate at the intersection of Developer Productivity and Site Reliability Engineering (SRE). You’ll design, implement, and maintain the infrastructure that enables our teams to build quickly and operate with confidence.

From codifying infrastructure using Terraform to leading DevOps initiatives and building internal tooling, you'll play a critical role in shaping how Kognitos ships software and scales systems.

What You’ll Do
  • Own and evolve our Infrastructure as Code systems using Terraform

  • Design and maintain scalable, cloud-native infrastructure (primarily AWS)

  • Build and improve CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and other tools

  • Lead monitoring and observability efforts using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and Datadog

  • Improve internal tooling to streamline developer workflows and automate manual processes

  • Champion reliability, security, and performance across our systems

  • Mentor other engineers and promote DevOps best practices across the organization

What We’re Looking For

Technical Skills

  • 5–8+ years in Infrastructure, SRE, DevOps, or Developer Productivity roles

  • Deep experience with Terraform and other Infrastructure as Code tools

  • Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure)

  • Proficiency with container technologies (Kubernetes, Docker)

  • Solid scripting or automation experience (Python, Bash, or Go)

  • Experience with CI/CD systems and practices (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, etc.)

Soft Skills

  • Proven ability to take ownership and lead infrastructure projects end-to-end

  • Strong communicator who can work across teams and technical levels

  • Highly organized, detail-oriented, and adaptable in a fast-paced environment

Nice to Have
  • Experience with observability and alerting tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog)

  • Exposure to security automation or compliance tooling

  • Prior experience at a startup or on high-growth engineering teams


Final note

You do not need to match all of the listed expectations to apply for this position. We are committed to building a team with a variety of backgrounds, experiences, and skills.

Equal opportunities provider

Kognitos is committed to fostering a diverse work environment and proud to be an equal opportunity employer. As we highly value diversity in our current and future employees, we do not discriminate (including in our hiring and promotion practices) on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, disability status or any other characteristic protected by law.

Top Skills

AWS
Azure
Bash
Datadog
Docker
GCP
Github Actions
Go
Grafana
Jenkins
Kubernetes
Prometheus
Python
Terraform
HQ

Kognitos San Jose, California, USA Office

550 S Winchester Blvd Suite 620, San Jose, CA, United States, 95128

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