Forward-Deployed Engineer – AWS Platform, SRE Engineer
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Job Description
Infrastructure Engineer responsible for architecting and maintaining AWS environments for production AI systems. Collaborating with a fast-moving team to ensure robust infrastructure and deployment processes.
Responsibilities:
- Architect and build an independent AWS environment for the team - landing zone, networking, IAM, security - informed by Viaduct's existing best-practices infrastructure but designed for our own needs
- Install, configure, and integrate new platform capabilities as the team needs them (e.g., Dagster OSS on Kubernetes workers, CI/CD integration)
- Build and maintain a paved path for deploying internal Python/TS web app prototypes, including external exposure and Okta-based access control
- Own observability, reliability, and cost-effectiveness for everything running in production
- Proactively identify and close robustness, scalability, and operational gaps before they become incidents
- Build automation that removes infrastructure toil from the rest of the team
- Ensure production systems are secure, backed up, and kept current with minimal downtime
- Partner closely with IE engineers, product managers, and leadership on infrastructure needs and tradeoffs, and with the wider Viaduct engineering org to stay aligned with broader platform direction
Requirements:
- Real AWS ops/admin depth - you've architected and run production AWS environments, not just consumed one someone else built
- Strong Infrastructure-as-Code chops (Terraform, Terragrunt, or similar)
- Proficiency with Kubernetes (Helm, Kustomize, kubectl) and GitOps patterns (Argo CD, Flux, or similar)
- Experience building CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Argo Workflows, or similar)
- Comfort owning infrastructure decisions independently, with imperfect information, on a small and fast-moving team
- Bonus: experience with Dagster, ClickHouse/Postgres administration, or Okta/SSO integration
Benefits:
- Competitive salary
- Flexible working hours
- Professional development opportunities
- Health insurance
- Retirement plans
- Paid time off
- Remote work options

















