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People Culture Talent

Infrastructure Engineer

Posted One Month Ago
In-Office
Chicago, IL, USA
Entry level
In-Office
Chicago, IL, USA
Entry level
Design, build, and operate scalable cloud and production infrastructure for venture-backed technology companies. Responsibilities include improving reliability and performance, developing internal platforms, maintaining CI/CD and observability systems, automating infrastructure provisioning, and partnering with engineering and security teams to solve scaling challenges.
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PCT partners with venture-backed technology companies looking for Infrastructure Engineers to build the systems, platforms, and tooling that enable engineering teams and products to operate reliably at scale.

Infrastructure opportunities across our portfolio range from early-stage companies building their foundational systems to later-stage organizations tackling significant challenges around scale, reliability, performance, developer productivity, and cloud infrastructure.

What You Might Work On
  • Design, build, and operate scalable cloud and production infrastructure.

  • Improve the reliability, availability, performance, and efficiency of production systems.

  • Build internal platforms and tooling that improve developer productivity and deployment velocity.

  • Develop and maintain CI/CD, observability, monitoring, and incident-response systems.

  • Automate infrastructure provisioning, deployment, and operational workflows.

  • Partner with application, security, data, and product engineering teams on infrastructure requirements.

  • Identify and eliminate bottlenecks as products and engineering organizations scale.

  • Help establish infrastructure architecture, standards, and operational best practices.

What We're Looking For

While requirements vary across our client companies, strong candidates often bring:

  • Experience building and operating production infrastructure at meaningful scale.

  • Strong knowledge of modern cloud environments and infrastructure technologies.

  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code, containers, orchestration, CI/CD, observability, or related tooling.

  • Strong software engineering and automation skills.

  • An understanding of distributed systems, networking, reliability, and production operations.

  • A pragmatic approach to balancing reliability, scalability, developer experience, and cost.

  • Strong ownership and an interest in solving foundational technical problems.

When you apply, tell us about the infrastructure challenges you've worked on, the technologies and environments you're strongest in, and the types of companies or technical problems you're interested in next. We'll use that information to identify opportunities across our client portfolio that may be a strong fit.

About PCT

People Culture Talent helps VCs and venture-backed startups build thriving teams through exceptional Human Capital Management. We create people-first talent strategies for high-growth companies, partnering with organizations from pre-seed to IPO to transform their growth into a masterclass in scaling with purpose.

About Our Client Companies

PCT partners with exceptional venture-backed companies to build resilient, people-centric, diverse teams. Our clients span industries and stages, from pre-seed startups to companies preparing for IPO, including leading tech organizations like Notion, Lyft, Modern Health, Instacart, Uber, Google, Render, and GitHub.

Our clients operate across a wide range of technical environments and stages of scale, creating opportunities to build foundational infrastructure as well as solve complex systems challenges at growing organizations.

These companies share a commitment to building strong culture, high-performing teams, and innovative people programs. They're growing fast, scaling thoughtfully, and seeking exceptional talent to join their journey.

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