Infrastructure Engineer

Space and Time

Position: Infrastructure Engineer

Position type: Full time (US time) - Work from home

About our company:

At Space and Time, we are solving Web3’s toughest data analytics challenges at planetary scale with decentralized, peer-to-peer technology. We are building the data foundation of Web3: a fully decentralized and community-operated data warehouse, using novel cryptography to connect tamperproof query results directly to smart contracts. This enables joining trustless on-chain and off-chain data in a single platform, allowing Web3 developers to build new use cases quickly. Our team is growing fast, backed by the top L1 blockchains and VCs, as well as enterprise partners such as Microsoft and Samsung NEXT.

A career at Space and Time is lucrative, fast-paced, and very creative. We value you (and all your ideas) like family and we bring an endless supply of perks. This includes flexible workweeks + flexible vacation, add-on bonuses for hard work, we attend exciting events/conferences/parties, we’re headquartered in San Clemente (but don’t mind you working remote), and most importantly- we provide analytics technology to the largest dApps, DAOs, DeFi/DEXs, GameFi, NFT platforms, enterprises, etc. We are committed to growing a diverse and welcoming team in a safe space to be yourself and learn from the most innovative minds in blockchain and data warehousing. Help us invent the first truly decentralized data platform!

Role description: As an Infrastructure Engineer for our Web3/Blockchain/Oracles Engineering team, you will join a highly skilled engineering team responsible for mission-critical support of all applications and infrastructure. You will focus on product life cycle orchestration (automation, build/test/deploy pipelines, operations monitoring, infrastructure configuration). You will partner with internal and external teams to build and scale the various infrastructure components (including Kafka, API services, security solutions, and blockchain integrations) of our data platform. This team is responsible for supporting the development teams and streamlining the deployment process across a variety of instances – cloud providers and bare-metal nodes. This role is vital to our organization and will report to exec leadership and senior engineering leadership.

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage and optimize Terraform deployments with Terragrunt to ensure consistent, secure, and scalable configurations across environments.
• Oversee and maintain Kubernetes and Helm deployments, ensuring the health and performance of cluster-based applications.
• Diagnose and resolve cloud infrastructure issues efficiently, maintaining high availability and reliability.
• Implement and monitor infrastructure health with robust monitoring solutions across various cloud instances, identifying and addressing potential issues proactively.
• Develop and maintain CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation to streamline processes and reduce lead time for code changes.
• Build and refine infrastructure-as-code (IaC) solutions across multiple major cloud providers (Azure, AWS, GCP), maintaining a multi-cloud infrastructure strategy.
• Gain a deep understanding of cloud architecture and best practices, contributing to team knowledge sharing and skill enhancement.
• Collaborate with engineering leadership to prioritize and execute deployment strategies in line with operational and business goals, ensuring smooth handoffs and minimal downtime.

Skills and Qualifications:

• Proficiency in English both verbal and written (daily communication with foreigner team members, speaking ability equivalent to at least 6.5 IELTS)
• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical field. Certifications recommended. 
• 2+ years Azure Cloud experience
• Tools: Fleet, JFrog Artifactory, Git, GitHub Actions, Slack, etc
• Networking: Basic routing concepts, VPN configuration, BGP etc.
• Languages: Terraform, Ansible, Scripting (bash, python, etc)
• Containerization: Kubernetes, Rancher, Docker
• Skills: CI/CD pipelines, configuration management, artifact automation/management, Linux
• Understand common DevOps pitfalls and how to avoid them
• Experience deploying resilient, scalable, and secure high-throughput systems
• Knowledge of blockchain indexing, web3 stack, consensus mechanisms, etc
• Experience with rapid development cycles in a web-based environment
• Ability to communicate and document operation/configuration procedures
• Passionate about Web3, blockchain, decentralization, and a base understanding of how data/analytics plays into this 
• Ability to engage senior business leaders and translate between the needs of the business and the demands of / capacities of technology

What we offer: 

• Annual base salary range is $20,000 - $35,000. 
• Your total compensation package may include a targeted annual bonus, RSU, and benefits.
• Note: Individual base pay depends on various factors, such as the complexity and responsibility of the role, job duties/requirements, and relevant experience and skills. Base pay ranges are reviewed and typically updated each year. Offers are made within the base pay range applicable at the time. 

Others: 

• Working time: 40 hours/week. Need to be available between 8pm - 1am in VN time (the rest is flexible).