Infrastructure Developer

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Software Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in software development, with a strong focus on infrastructure automation, systems integration, or platform engineering.
• Production-quality Python development: you write clean, tested, maintainable Python code as a core part of your daily work. Experience with FastAPI, SQLAlchemy, Pydantic, and async Python is highly valued.
• API design expertise: deep experience designing RESTful APIs, including resource modeling, versioning strategies, pagination, error handling, and OpenAPI/Swagger documentation.
• Schema and data modeling: proven experience designing relational database schemas (PostgreSQL preferred) for complex, evolving domains — including normalization, indexing, and schema migration strategies.
• Infrastructure domain knowledge: working understanding of at least two of the following domains — bare metal provisioning, network configuration (switching/routing), storage systems, virtualization, or cloud infrastructure.
• Systems integration experience: demonstrated track record of integrating heterogeneous systems via APIs — consuming vendor APIs, building abstraction layers, and managing API lifecycle across multiple upstream dependencies.
• Strong verbal and written communication: ability to translate complex technical concepts for both engineering peers and non-technical business stakeholders; comfortable presenting to senior leadership.
• Strong analytical and organizational skills: able to scope ambiguous problems, decompose them into actionable work, and drive execution across multiple teams.
• Experience with the Atlassian stack (Jira, Confluence) and Git (GitLab) — including using these tools for project tracking, documentation, and code review workflows.

Nice to Have

• Experience with CMDB platforms: hands-on experience with enterprise CMDB vendors or open-source alternatives (ServiceNow, Netbox, Ralph, Device42, or similar) — including data model design, API integration, and migration from legacy sources of truth.
• Network automation experience: familiarity with network device APIs (Arista EOS, NAPALM, Netmiko, RESTCONF/NETCONF) and network automation frameworks.
• Kubernetes and cloud-native development: experience deploying and operating microservices on Kubernetes, including Knative, Helm, and GitOps workflows.
• Event-driven architecture: experience with event streaming platforms (Kafka, Knative Eventing, NATS) for building reactive infrastructure automation pipelines.
• Working knowledge of Rust: for performance-critical automation components or CLI tooling.
• Experience in financial services or other latency-sensitive environments: understanding of the operational rigor, change management discipline, and reliability requirements of production trading infrastructure.
• Security automation: experience integrating with microsegmentation platforms (Illumio, Cilium) or implementing policy-as-code for network security.
• Infrastructure-as-Code familiarity: experience with Terraform, Ansible, or similar IaC tools — and critically, an informed perspective on where IaC patterns are appropriate versus where a CMDB-driven API model is superior.

What You'll Be Doing

• Design and implement end-to-end automation pipelines that eliminate manual handoffs between teams (e.g., server provisioning → network configuration → storage attachment → scheduler registration).
• Build event-driven workflows using Knative/Eventing and similar platforms to propagate infrastructure state changes across dependent systems automatically.
• Develop self-service interfaces (APIs, CLIs, internal developer portals) that delegate routine infrastructure operations to appropriate stakeholders — enabling teams to manage their own resources within defined policy guardrails without requiring Infrastructure team intervention.
• Implement policy-as-code integrations: translating high-level security and segmentation policies (Illumio, Cilium, firewall rules) into programmatic enforcement through the CMDB and automation layer.

Perks and Benefits

• The minimum base salary for this role is $100,000 if located in New York. This expectation is based on available information at the time of posting. This role may be eligible for discretionary bonuses, which could constitute a significant portion of total compensation. This role may also be eligible for benefits, such as health, dental, and other wellness plans, as well as 401(k) contributions. Successful candidates’ compensation and benefits will be determined in consideration of various factors.