Software Engineer, Infrastructure (all levels)

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Own Render's core infrastructure across multiple data centers and regions.
Help offer unique capabilities to Render customers through infrastructure innovation.
Plan and architect for rapidly increasing scale.
Debug issues at all levels in our infrastructure stack.
Improve the performance and reliability of our infrastructure through increased observability, load testing, and chaos engineering.
Collaborate with other engineers to help keep our platform stable, predictable, and secure.
Participate in our on-call rotation, with the rest of the engineering team.

At least 5 years of experience building and scaling cloud infrastructure.
Experience developing, maintaining, and debugging production systems at scale.
Experience building, operating and scaling Kubernetes clusters or similar resource/container orchestration.
Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Pulumi, and Ansible.

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This opportunity is also eligible for equity with early-exercise options and extended exercise windows.
4 weeks of paid vacation.
14 weeks of fully paid parental leave for all parents to bond with a newly born, adopted, or fostered child. We will also work with you to create a supportive plan of return.
Long-term disability, life insurance, and 401K plans.
100% employer-paid medical coverage and 99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage for you and a dependent. FSAs and HSAs are available as well.
Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness, mental health and therapy, hobbies, etc.
Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy.
Commuter benefits for Renders in the Bay Area, and home office stipends for remote Renders.
Continuous learning benefits & related support.

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