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Role Title : Senior Infrastructure Engineer
Location : Remote (US)
Company Stage : Series A Venture-Backed Startup
Office Type : Fully Remote (Option to work from NYC or Boston offices)
Salary : $160,000 - $225,000 USD + Competitive Equity
Company Description
Our client is a fast-growing, physician-founded healthtech startup on a mission to reinvent how healthcare is delivered in the United States. With over $35 million in Series A funding from top-tier investors including leading venture firms in AI and digital health, they're building an AI-first medical practice that integrates human expertise with intelligent automation.
Their platform enables clinicians to deliver near-instant, personalized, and high-quality care at scale - combining human judgment and cutting-edge AI systems to make healthcare more accessible and efficient for millions.
This is an opportunity to join an ambitious, mission-driven team of clinical and technical leaders from institutions like Harvard Medical School, MIT Media Lab, and top-tier technology companies.
What You Will Do
As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer , you will play a pivotal role in scaling and optimizing the company's infrastructure to meet the demands of rapid growth and enterprise-grade reliability. You'll work on complex and high-impact problems that sit at the intersection of healthcare, AI, and distributed systems.
You will :
- Scale infrastructure and deployments to handle hundreds of thousands of patients with high reliability and low latency.
- Lead strategic infrastructure investments balancing scalability, maintainability, and speed of delivery.
- Design and implement core data systems - including data transformation, warehousing, and integration with external health information networks.
- Improve developer velocity by building tools, CI / CD pipelines, and observability frameworks.
- Drive reliability, monitoring, and on-call excellence while maintaining healthcare-grade security standards (HIPAA, SOC2).
Example projects might include :
Optimizing Kubernetes clusters for large-scale workloads.Migrating queue-based systems (e.g., SQS) to Temporal.Reimagining release and QA workflows to accelerate production deployments.Designing multi-tenant isolation and row-level encryption strategies for enterprise clients.Ideal Candidate Background
5+ years of experience in infrastructure or platform engineering within high-growth environments (startups or scale-ups preferred).Proven track record of scaling production systems and owning mission-critical infrastructure.Deep technical expertise with Kubernetes , Terraform , and AWS (GCP also acceptable).Hands-on experience with Postgres , Redis , Node.js , and SQL is a strong plus.Strong computer science fundamentals - ideally with a degree in Computer Science or related field from a top university.Highly collaborative, low-ego, and mission-driven.Excellent communication skills; able to articulate technical tradeoffs and architectural decisions clearly.Preferred
Prior experience in healthcare technology , especially with HIPAA-compliant systems.Open-source contributions or strong technical community engagement.Experience as a primary infrastructure owner in a fast-scaling environment.Compensation, Benefits, and Other Details
Base Salary : $160,000 - $225,000 USDEquity : Competitive stock option packageWork Setup : 100% remote within the U.S., with optional offices in New York City or BostonVisa : H-1B transfers possible; other visas considered case-by-case for exceptional candidatesBenefits :Comprehensive health, dental, and vision coverage
Flexible PTOFast-paced, mission-driven culture with high ownership and impactWhy This Opportunity Is Exciting
Shape the future of AI + human healthcare at an early stage of growth.Join a top-tier team backed by world-class investors.Work on real-world infrastructure challenges with direct impact on millions of patients.Be part of one of the fastest-growing companies in digital health, scaling 5x in revenue over the past year.