Infrastructure Engineer
At a glance
Mid-level Platform & Infrastructure role at Formal. San Francisco · full-time · no salary stated · we estimate $210,000–$253,750.
Formal has not published a salary for this role. The figure below is our estimate, not theirs.
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What you'll do
- Keep Kubernetes clusters dependable by managing their networking, access rules and data services
- Increase log processing capacity and speed up search, while reducing indexing delays, API response times and storage expense
- Create consistent on-prem setup and upgrade processes, with configuration, data migration and rollback steps
- Define useful alerts and reliability goals, handle incidents, then prevent repeat failures
- Use Terraform and Helm to automate provisioning and strengthen delivery, capacity planning, backups and recovery
What you bring
- You have built and run live infrastructure on AWS or Google Cloud, with Terraform
- You have operated production Kubernetes, handling deployments, ingress, autoscaling and version upgrades
- You understand Linux and networking fundamentals such as DNS, TLS and load balancing
- You have used Go, Python, Rust or another relevant language, plus production CI/CD, observability and data or API systems
Who this fits
This mid-level infrastructure role suits you if you have taken operational ownership of services through incidents and upgrades. You'll work on cloud and customer installations, including on-prem deployments.
From the employer
About Formal
Formal is building a network security platform for the AI era. As agents gain access to sensitive data and production systems, organizations need control over the actions they take and the data they receive. We enforce those controls directly in the network path, with a shared policy layer for humans and agents across databases, infrastructure, APIs, and AI tools.
We are trusted by leading companies such as Cursor, Decagon, Notion, and more to solve problems across data security and compliance, data quality management, and infrastructure access.
Formal is backed by top-tiers VCs including Thrive Capital and Y Combinator with angel investors that include executives and founders from Datadog, Clickhouse, Plaid, and Vanta.
About the role
Formal secures billions of requests daily. Join a small team tackling the infrastructure behind that scale: log ingestion, fast search and APIs, and reliable cloud and on-prem deployments. You'll help own and make the platform easier to deploy, operate, and upgrade in our cloud and customer environments.
What you'll do
Own Kubernetes and operate reliable clusters, networking, access controls, and data services.
Scale log ingestion and search; improve throughput, indexing lag, API latency, and storage costs.
Build repeatable on-prem installations and upgrades, including configuration, data migrations, and rollback.
Establish useful alerts and reliability targets; lead incident response and eliminate recurring failures.
Automate provisioning with Terraform and Helm; improve CI/CD, capacity planning, backups, and recovery.
What you need
Experience building and operating production cloud infrastructure on AWS or Google Cloud using Terraform.
Experience operating production Kubernetes clusters, including deployments, ingress, autoscaling, and upgrades.
Strong Linux and networking fundamentals, including DNS, TLS, and load balancing.
Experience with Go, Python, Rust, or another relevant programming language.
Experience with CI/CD, observability, and operating data pipelines or distributed APIs in production.
A track record of automating operational work and owning services through incidents and upgrades.
Nice-to-haves
Experience deploying and supporting on-prem software across customer networks and infrastructure.
Experience with search systems, Kafka, PostgreSQL, or Temporal.
Experience with Helm, Bazel, self-hosted CI runners, or environments for AI coding agents.
Compensation
This role offers cash compensation and a stock options grant.
The positioning of offers within a certain range depends on various factors, including: candidate experience, qualifications, skills, business requirements and geographical location.
Benefits (for U.S.-based full-time employees)
100% medical, dental & vision insurance coverage for you
Partially covered for your dependents
Flexible PTO
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