alt - Infrastructure Engineer

• Own cloud infrastructure end-to-end: Take ownership of Alt's AWS footprint (ECS, RDS/Aurora, EC2, S3, SQS, ALB, and more). Right-size over-provisioned resources, de-provision orphaned services, implement resource tagging, and build cost visibility so we can make informed trade-offs as we scale. • Build reproducible environments: Lead the effort to give every engineer (and every AI agent) the ability to spin up isolated, prod-like instances of Alt on demand. This means database cloning, per-branch services, routing, seed data, and auto-teardown. This is the substrate for how we want to build software. • Fix staging: Make non-production environments reliable and representative, so engineers can stop testing in production, stop setting up test state by hand, and stop working around flaky search infrastructure. • Bring Terraform under control: Fix infrastructure-as-code drift, build CI/CD automation, and make infrastructure changes safe and reviewable. • Own observability and incident response: We run Datadog, Sentry, and Posthog across the stack. Rationalize our monitoring, improve alerting, and make sure we catch issues before our users do. • Be a multiplier: You'll be the infrastructure leader for a growing engineering team. Level up the org through documentation, tooling, code reviews, and mentorship. Set the standard for how we operate. • THIS IS A PERFECT FIT IF YOU… • Think in systems, not tickets: You see the connection between a flaky staging env, a rising cloud bill, and engineering velocity. You want to fix the root cause, not patch symptoms. • Care about developer experience: You measure your success by how much faster and more confidently your teammates can ship. You build tools and platforms, not just infrastructure. • Are cost-conscious by instinct: You know the difference between saving money and cutting corners. You think about unit economics when you see over-provisioned instances. • Are excited about AI-native engineering: You see reproducible environments as the substrate for AI agents to do real work, and you want to build that substrate. • Want to lead, not just execute: This isn't a role where someone hands you Terraform tickets. You'll define the infrastructure roadmap, make trade-off decisions, and own outcomes.