Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Restate builds durable execution software for AI agents, workflows, and backend services. The Senior to Staff-level Cloud Infrastructure Engineer owns the infrastructure platform and control plane across Restate Cloud, BYOC, and self-hosted deployments, including reliability, automation, and production operations.

Responsibilities:

• The infrastructure and control plane powering Restate Cloud
• The systems enabling BYOC and self-hosted deployments
• Reliability, observability, and operational excellence across the fleet
• Automation and tooling that allow the platform to scale efficiently
• Production operations and participation in the cloud on-call rotation

Requirements:

• Experience operating large-scale SaaS or platform infrastructure in production
• Deep understanding of cloud infrastructure and Kubernetes-based systems
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code and cloud automation
• Strong software engineering skills in Rust, Go, or C++
• Comfort owning systems from design through operations
• Ability to thrive in ambiguity and operate with significant autonomy
• Kubernetes operator development
• Cluster API, Crossplane, or Terraform experience
• Experience with multi-tenant control planes
• Experience operating infrastructure in enterprise or compliance-sensitive environments
• Familiarity with durable execution systems or workflow runtimes
• East Coast candidates are preferred