Infrastructure Engineer
At a glance
Mid-level Platform & Infrastructure role at QED.ai. Warsaw · full-time.
Pay not stated Infrastructure Engineer salary
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What you'll do
- Build and deploy infrastructure, mainly on bare-metal servers, using NixOS, k3s and Terraform, with some cloud resources
- Plan infrastructure layouts, choose hardware and software components, then test deployments
- Create reusable modules so infrastructure can be rolled out across environments where data must remain in-country
- Improve developer tooling, maintain monitoring and alerts, and respond to outages
- Plan bare-metal deployments in lower-income countries, with optional travel to learn local needs and install data-center hardware
What you bring
- At least four years of experience, with an automation-focused and declarative approach to infrastructure
- A strong software engineering foundation, including version control, readable code, tests and robust design
- Working English at C1 level or above across speaking, reading and typing, with typing speed of at least 45 words per minute
Who this fits
You’ll suit work that combines infrastructure engineering with broad technical problem-solving and close attention to reliability. The role is based in Warsaw and requires full-time, hybrid work, including at least two to three office days each week. Travel to local data centers is optional.
From the employer
QED (https://qed.ai) is a tech company focused on public health and food security in Sub-Saharan Africa. We build the digital infrastructure and AI used at the intersection of aid and scientific inquiry, including surveillance of HIV and malaria, and nutrient analysis of crops and soils, working at national-scale in several African countries. Our funding comes from multiple philanthropic and governmental organizations, including the Global Fund, Gates Foundation, CDC, and USAID.
We are looking for an infrastructure engineer to join our team Your responsibilities would include:
working with declarative tooling (NixOS + k3s + terraform) mostly on top of bare metal servers, with some cloud sprinkled in
planning infrastructure layout, selecting components, testing, and deploying them
designing reusable modules to ease deployment across many environments – our clients often expect their data to stay in their countries
improving dev tooling
maintaining monitoring and alerting
responding to downtimes (+ optional pager duty)
planning and building bare metal infrastructure for deployment in low to middle income countries
optional travel to learn more about problems we're trying to solve and set up hardware in local data centers
Requires a full-time commitment physically based in Warsaw, Poland, with a hybrid of remote and in-person work throughout the week. We expect at least 2-3 days per week in the office. The working hours are flexible, for example you do not need approval to take out a small chunk in the middle of the day to handle some personal business.
Desired skills include:
+4 years of experience
automation / declarative oriented mindset
broad knowledge of technology – including Linux internals, networking, databases, high level hardware performance, containers, performance tuning, security – we value genuine deep interest more than specific trivia knowledge, and you don't have to have experience with all of those areas
strong background in software engineering, version control, writing readable code and tests, robust design, and basic data structures and algorithms
working proficiency (≥C1) in speaking, reading, and typing English (≥45 words per minute)
logical reasoning and ability to express ideas clearly, both orally and written
willingness and interest in working with people from other cultures
emotional resilience and social intelligence
and you have to care about the work that you do
and you have to be optimistic at least sometimes
Below are additional skills that are a bonus, but are not required:
experience with NixOS, Kubernetes, Terraform
experience with bare metal, including hardware selection and on-site setup
ethical hacking experience
experience with programming and/or math competitions
willingness to go on an adventure
domain knowledge and/or interest in the sustainable development goals, particularly in public health, agriculture, and assisting developing countries
What can you expect:
fully declarative infrastructure, strong (but not absolute) avoidance of anything manual
no helm soup
unusual, socially conscious projects
low bureaucracy
significant ownership
ability and encouragement to explore technologies other than your main expertise
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