Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Title: Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Location: San Francisco, California, United States

Job Description:

About Collective:

Collective is on a mission to redefine the way businesses-of-one work. Our technology and team of trusted advisors help members achieve financial independence by taking care of everything from business incorporation to accounting, bookkeeping, tax services, and access to a thriving community, all in one integrated platform. We believe in empowering self-employed people to enjoy the same tax savings that big companies get, so they can focus on their passion, not paperwork.

Featured in Forbes, Business Insider, Yahoo, Bloomberg, Financial Times, TechCrunch, and more. We are backed by General Catalyst, Sound Ventures (Ashton Kutcher and Guy Oseary), QED Investors, Google’s Gradient Ventures, Expa, and other investors who have financed iconic companies like YouTube, Substack, Twitch, Box, Hims, Instacart, and Lyft.

About the role:

Collective is looking for an enthusiastic Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer with a deep passion for tackling complex problems in both new and existing systems. You will play a crucial role in helping a young company scale into an industry leader. We're looking for someone who can justify their opinions with past examples and a strong knowledge of cutting-edge technologies and processes. You should enjoy paving new paths, testing recovery plans, and managing quiet, stable systems.

What you'll do: 

• Use Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Terraform to provision, deploy, and manage cloud resources on AWS and GCP as well as other SaaS vendors.
• Embed security best practices into the infrastructure by enforcing zero-trust architecture principles like least privilege and identity-based access to protect systems and data.
• Understand the shared security model for the various products used
• Build systems that are both stable and cost effective
• Develop and test disaster recovery plans.
• Collaborate with and mentor teams on CI/CD pipelines and assist with debugging.
• Automate all the things to simplify your life and scale your impact
• Work closely with external teams to understand application needs and translate them into scalable infrastructure solutions.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and alerting solutions to track system performance and reliability. 
• Proactively tune systems and address bottlenecks to maintain smooth operation of critical services.
• Participate in the on-call rotation to respond to outages, recover systems, and guide incident response.
• Determine root causes and drive the lessons learned process to improve system stability.
• Stay current with emerging technologies and best practices in Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, and Platform Engineering.
• Lead or contribute to infrastructure projects that enhance deployment speed, cost efficiency, and overall platform reliability.

What you'll bring:

• At least 3-5 years of hands-on experience as a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer, DevOps, SRE, or Security Engineer with a proven track record of operating production cloud environments at scale.
• You must thrive in the dynamic environment of a smaller startup.
• Cloud Platforms: Proficiency in multi-cloud operations – Amazon Web Services (AWS) is highly preferred; experience with Google Cloud Platform (GCP) and/or Microsoft Azure is a plus.
• Experience implementing infrastructure and security policy as code.
• Strong software development skills, preferably in Python or another high level language
• Excellent communication, presentation, and analytical skills. You must be able to clearly and persuasively communicate complex concepts and risks in an engineering-driven environment.
• Ability to write clean, maintainable code for automation and tooling. Experience building internal tools or services to eliminate manual work is a plus.
• Familiarity with foundational networking concepts and protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, load balancing, VPCs, firewalls) and their application in cloud and hybrid environments.
• Strong hands-on skills with Linux and command-line tools; you are comfortable using terminals and utilities to manage and debug systems efficiently.

Our stack:

• Cloud: AWS (EC2, IAM, VPC, ECS, Fargate, Lambda, RDS, Elasticache), GCP (BigQuery)
• Monitoring/Observability: Datadog, Sentry, Amplitude
• Github, GHA
• IAC: Terraform, HCP
• Security tooling
• Codebase: Python/Typescript/React

What we offer:

• Hybrid Work Model: Based in San Francisco with a balance of in-office and remote flexibility
• Fresh Lunch: Provided on in-office days
• Commuter Support: $150 monthly reimbursement for transit expenses
• Health & Wellness: $200 quarterly reimbursement to support your well-being
• Time Off: Flexible PTO plus 14 company holidays
• Comprehensive Coverage: 100% medical, dental, and vision for employees; 75% coverage for dependents
• Parental Leave: 16 weeks fully paid
• Retirement & Ownership: 401k plan plus an equity package
• Team Connection: Quarterly virtual events and an annual in-person summit
• Compensation Range: $200,000 to $240,000

We provide salary ranges for each role to give you a transparent view of potential compensation. Final offers are determined based on the skills, experience, and qualifications, as demonstrated throughout the interview process.

Equal Employment Opportunity

At Collective, we celebrate and support differences, knowing they make us stronger as a team and community. We are committed to building a workplace that values diverse backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. Inclusivity helps us do our best work and create the greatest impact. Collective is proud to be an equal opportunity employer.