Senior / Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Zip is a fast-growing startup that created the procurement orchestration category, providing a simple, consumer-grade user experience for managing business spend.
$160,000 - $220,000
Cloud
Staff Software Engineer
In-Person
5+ years of experience
Finance · Enterprise SaaS

Description For Senior / Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Zip is a fast-growing startup that created the procurement orchestration category, providing a simple, consumer-grade user experience for managing business spend. Founded in 2020, Zip has quickly become the leading solution in this $50B+ TAM space, with customers like Instacart, Anthropic, Sephora, Discover, Reddit, and Lyft relying on Zip to manage billions of dollars in spend.

As a Senior / Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at Zip, you'll be an early member of the Cloud Infrastructure pod, focused on driving the company's cloud-native engineering strategy. Your role will involve architecting Zip's cloud native AWS infrastructure for reliability, scalability, security, and efficiency. You'll work on developing and managing EKS-based Kubernetes, utilizing tools such as ArgoCD, Flux, Helm charts, and Terraform. You'll lead and ship large technical projects, such as transforming services into multi-cluster and multi-region architecture, and support Zip's product engineering teams by abstracting infrastructure complexity through a managed services approach.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Architecting cloud native AWS infrastructure
  • Developing and managing EKS-based Kubernetes
  • Leading large technical projects
  • Supporting product engineering teams

Qualifications:

  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical field
  • 5+ years of cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or SRE experience
  • 3+ years of expertise with AWS and Kubernetes
  • Experience with CI/CD, multi-cluster/region/account infrastructure, AWS & Kubernetes networking, and Infrastructure as Code

Zip offers competitive compensation and benefits, including startup equity, full health coverage, catered meals, flexible PTO, and more. Join a team that's scaling category-defining companies and driving incredible value for customers in a $2.2 billion valuation startup backed by top investors.

Last updated 3 months ago

Responsibilities For Senior / Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

  • Architect Zip's cloud native AWS infrastructure for reliability, scalability, security, and efficiency
  • Develop and manage EKS-based Kubernetes, utilizing tools such as ArgoCD, Flux, Helm charts, and Terraform
  • Lead and ship large technical projects with other engineers, such as transforming services into multi-cluster and multi-region architecture
  • Support Zip's product engineering teams by abstracting infrastructure complexity through a managed services approach

Requirements For Senior / Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Kubernetes
  • Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related technical field
  • 5+ years of cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or SRE experience
  • 3+ years of expertise with AWS and Kubernetes
  • Experience managing CI/CD, such as Github Actions, Jenkins, and ArgoCD
  • Experience in designing, implementing, and scaling multi-cluster, multi-region, and multi-account infrastructure
  • Understanding of networking in AWS & Kubernetes including service meshes, load balancing, and VPCs
  • Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), such as Terraform, Helm, or Kustomize
  • Proficiency in modern development practices, systems engineering principles, and scripting
  • Demonstrated ability and eagerness to quickly learn new frameworks, architectural patterns, and programming languages as needed

Benefits For Senior / Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Equity
Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Commuter Benefits
401k
  • Startup equity
  • Full health, vision & dental coverage
  • Catered lunches & dinners for SF employees
  • Commuter benefit
  • Team building events & happy hours
  • Flexible PTO
  • Apple equipment plus home office budget
  • 401k plan

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