Senior Infrastructure Engineer (OpenTofu) 10/2026
About The Position
As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Quantifind’s headquarters in Palo Alto, California, you will help manage infrastructure for the company’s applications and services. The technology stack includes back-end services and infrastructure, machine-learning modules surfaced through REST APIs, and React-based web applications. As part of the DevOps team, you will help build, automate, and scale technology and processes, working with other DevOps engineers to solve problems, automate deployments, and promote best practices. Quantifind deploys to its own data centers and AWS. Its technology includes Ubuntu, Ganeti, Docker, Kubernetes, Ansible, Git, Hadoop, Nagios, PostgreSQL, Jenkins, and in-house Scala and NodeJS applications. The role is based in a hybrid work environment, combining work from home and the office, with regular in-person touchpoints and shared office space.
Requirements
- At least 6 years of professional industry experience, including at least 2 years at a SaaS startup.
- Deep experience using Terraform or OpenTofu with a DRY methodology.
- Strong experience with infrastructure as code and configuration management using Ansible.
- Very comfortable working with AWS.
- Familiarity with programmatically setting up and configuring firewall instances, such as Palo Alto.
- Experience owning data center infrastructure.
- Familiarity with relational database systems; Quantifind uses PostgreSQL.
- Professional experience with secrets storage products such as HashiCorp Vault.
- Functional understanding of PXE, DHCP, and TFTP and how they work together.
- Comfort operating under compliance regimes for SaaS applications.
- Excellent communication, presentation, and collaborative problem-solving skills.
- Experience with Docker and Kubernetes for container orchestration on-premises and in the cloud.
- Experience with modern network, host, and application security best practices.
- Experience with uptime and availability engineering, performance metrics, and monitoring.
- Ability to produce good technical documentation.
- Experience and comfort with Agile software development practices.
- Experience with Cloudflare.
- Strong teamwork and a desire to change how people use their data.
- Must be legally authorized to work in the United States without employer sponsorship now or in the future.
Nice To Haves
- Experience with GovCloud, Azure, or GCP.
Responsibilities
- Manage infrastructure for Quantifind’s applications and services.
- Help build, automate, and scale the company’s technology and processes.
- Work with DevOps engineers to solve problems and automate deployments.
- Champion infrastructure and software delivery best practices.
- Own major projects from start to finish in collaboration with other engineers.
- Improve the design, performance, and testing of deployed and operated systems and services.
- Mentor other engineers and collaborate with platform engineers, data scientists, security engineers, and product managers.
Benefits
- Competitive salary.
- Company equity.
- Exceptional benefits package.
- Flexible vacation and paid time off.
- Employer-matched 401(k) plan.
- A fun environment that values work-life balance.
- Medical, financial, and other benefits.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
No Education Listed
