Infrastructure Engineer

Zus Health • Boston, MA

2d • Hybrid

About The Position

Zus Health is seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to build, maintain, and scale the cloud infrastructure that powers its healthcare data platform. The role focuses on improving the AWS environment, automating infrastructure processes, and building tools that help engineers develop and deploy software efficiently. The engineer will work closely with Platform, Data, and Product Engineering teams to keep systems reliable, secure, scalable, and cost-effective, supporting systems that process and deliver health records for millions of patients.

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who enjoys technical problem-solving, cross-team collaboration, and continually improving the systems behind the platform. The position may be hybrid for candidates in the Boston metro area, with in-person collaboration, or remote in EST/CST with occasional travel for in-person collaboration.

Requirements

• At least 3 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, site reliability engineering, or a related technical role.
• Hands-on experience with AWS or another major cloud provider and a strong interest in deepening AWS expertise.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
• Familiarity with containerization and deployment technologies such as Docker, ECS, or Kubernetes.
• Experience with CI/CD tools such as GitHub Actions, CircleCI, CodeDeploy, or similar technologies.
• Comfort writing scripts and automating workflows using Python, Go, Bash, or similar languages.
• Understanding of cloud infrastructure concepts, including networking, IAM, security, monitoring, and system reliability.
• Enjoy troubleshooting technical issues, learning new technologies, and finding practical solutions to complex problems.
• Collaborative approach and willingness to work across engineering teams and share knowledge.
• Ability to take ownership, move quickly, and thrive in a growing startup environment.
• Interest in enabling digital transformation in healthcare.
• Located in the Boston metro area and willing to collaborate in person on a hybrid schedule, or remote in EST/CST with willingness to travel occasionally for in-person collaboration.

Nice To Haves

• Experience supporting large-scale, highly available systems in AWS.
• Familiarity with Go and supporting backend services built in Go.
• Experience with ECS, container orchestration, or modern platform engineering practices.
• Knowledge of cloud monitoring and observability tools such as Datadog, CloudWatch, Grafana, or Prometheus.
• Familiarity with PostgreSQL, DynamoDB, or other cloud-based database technologies.
• Experience with cloud cost optimization and infrastructure performance improvements.
• Knowledge of application security and compliance frameworks such as SOC 2, HIPAA, or HITRUST.
• Interest in developer productivity, internal tooling, and infrastructure automation.
• Experience working with healthcare data, APIs, or interoperability platforms.
• Familiarity with FHIR, HL7, and/or TEFCA standards.

Responsibilities

• Build, maintain, and improve cloud infrastructure supporting the Zus platform and its applications.
• Work with AWS services including ECS, Fargate, Lambda, DynamoDB, S3, RDS, and other cloud-native technologies.
• Collaborate with Platform, Data, and Product Engineering teams to support and standardize infrastructure needs, troubleshoot issues, and improve system performance.
• Develop and maintain Infrastructure as Code using Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar technologies.
• Support, standardize, and improve CI/CD pipelines, deployment processes, and developer tooling.
• Monitor infrastructure performance and compliance, troubleshoot production issues, and improve system reliability and availability.
• Identify opportunities to automate manual processes, optimize cloud costs, and improve infrastructure efficiency.
• Partner with Engineering and Security teams to implement cloud security best practices and maintain a secure environment that meets compliance needs.
• Participate in incident response, root cause analysis, and ongoing improvements to infrastructure operations.
• Contribute to infrastructure documentation, technical discussions, and engineering best practices.

Benefits

• Competitive compensation, including a combination of cash and equity.
• Health insurance.
• Wellness benefits.
• 401(k) with a match.
• Unlimited PTO.
• Opportunity to work alongside a passionate team determined to help change the world.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed