Software Engineer (Systems / CLI / Infrastructure) | Remote

Crossing Hurdles is seeking a Software Engineer to work on infrastructure debugging tasks using CLI-based AI coding agents. The role involves diagnosing broken systems inside Docker containers, writing bash scripts, and evaluating the performance of different agents.

Responsibilities:

• Solve the same infrastructure debugging task with CLI-based AI coding agent
• Diagnose broken systems inside Docker containers (databases, TLS, pipelines, replication, access control)
• Write bash scripts that fix the root cause and survive service restarts
• Compare agents' approaches and rank their performance after each task

Requirements:

• Experience in software engineering with hands-on debugging of systems and infrastructure
• Strong bash/shell scripting proficiency
• Docker and containerization experience
• Infrastructure and systems debugging skills across databases, networking, security, and pipelines
• Familiarity with version control workflows (Git, PRs, issue tracking)
• Experience with AI coding tools and ability to prompt and evaluate AI output