Software Engineer, Core Infrastructure
Role Overview
This senior-level software engineering role focuses on designing, building, and maintaining cloud infrastructure and DevOps tools for Compa's products, systems, AI/ML, and data warehouse. Day-to-day responsibilities include scaling, automation, reliability, and observability of infrastructure services, as well as driving major initiatives like multi-cloud support and customer-managed encryption keys. The hire will have a significant impact by enabling teams to build fast and safely while enhancing the company's core infrastructure.
Perks & Benefits
The role is fully remote, with no explicit time zone restrictions mentioned, though the company values in-person work where possible, suggesting flexibility. Benefits likely include a collaborative, curious, and driven team culture that emphasizes transparency, ownership, and continuous learning, typical of venture-backed tech startups. Career growth opportunities are implied through involvement in roadmap planning and major company initiatives, with exposure to cutting-edge technologies like AI/ML and multi-cloud environments.
Full Job Description
🚀 About Compa
Compa is a venture-backed SaaS startup revolutionizing the future of compensation.
In a dynamic job market with hiring challenges, accountability, and the rise of AI, companies need the best data to stay ahead of industry changes, competition, and costs. Compa has developed the premier real-time compensation data platform, delivering top-tier compensation intelligence to leading enterprise teams.
Compa is a compensation intelligence company built to augment enterprise compensation teams in the era of AI.
Our customers include the world’s biggest companies: NVIDIA, Stripe, DoorDash, TMobile, Moderna, Workday, Ulta, Target, and more.
Locations:
Compa headquarters are located in Irvine, California, with growing sites in Denver, Colorado and San Francisco, California. We’re a collaborative, curious, and driven team that values transparency, ownership, and continuous learning and prioritizing in person work where possible.
The Role:
As an Software Engineer on the Core Infrastructure team at Compa, you will own and lead infra and DevOps projects across Compa’s products, systems, AI/ML, and data warehouse.
In this role you will:
Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure and DevOps tools and services
Work on scaling, automation, reliability and observability of infrastructure services
Drive major company initiatives like multi-cloud support and customer-managed encryption keys
Participate in roadmap planning and prioritization
Minimum Qualifications:
4+ years of industry experience in a software engineering role
Experience designing, building, and operating systems on one of the major cloud providers
A strong engineering background in DevOps
Experience with operational excellence and a deep understanding of metrics, alarms and dashboards
A passion for enabling teams to build fast while building safely through well-designed proactive detection mechanisms and tooling.
Deep understanding of networking, operating systems, and cryptographic protocols
In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes
Gumption — experience working at early-stage startups
Preferred Qualifications:
Experience handling critical incidents for production systems
Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) deployments
Exposure to multi-cloud environments
Exposure to ML Ops
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