Software engineer jobs in San Diego, CA

About the role

We're looking for a Senior Software Engineer specializing in Infrastructure who is excited about building and scaling the platform that powers our product. This is a high-ownership role at an early-stage company. The role has broad scope by design: you'll own the full infrastructure surface, from cluster operations to developer experience. We operate on AWS GovCloud in an environment purpose-built for ITAR and CUI compliance, which means the infrastructure decisions you make carry real regulatory weight. You won't be maintaining someone else's platform: you'll be the person who built it. If you want broad ownership, a direct line to product impact, and the technical challenge of building compliance-grade infrastructure from scratch, this role is for you.

What you'll bring

• 5+ years of professional experience in infrastructure, DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering.
• Deep hands-on experience with AWS services in production (EKS, IAM, Secrets Manager, ECR, RDS).
• Experience with or strong working knowledge of AWS GovCloud is a significant plus.
• Strong Kubernetes expertise: you've operated clusters, debugged networking issues, managed Helm charts, and tuned workloads.
• Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript with a genuine interest in writing application code alongside infrastructure work.
• Experience with GitOps workflows: ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, and Helm-based deployments.
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals (DNS, load balancing, TLS, Kubernetes Gateway API).
• Comfort with Linux systems administration and shell scripting.
• Familiarity with compliance-driven infrastructure: audit logging, access controls, and evidence collection for frameworks like CMMC, FedRAMP, and SOC 2.
• A collaborative, low-ego mindset: you thrive in small, fast-moving teams.
• Experience with Envoy Gateway or the Kubernetes Gateway API.
• Background in PostgreSQL administration and schema-based multi-tenancy.