Sayari is a venture-backed and founder-led global corporate data provider and commercial intelligence platform that serves financial institutions, legal and advisory service providers, multinationals, journalists, and governments. Thousands of analysts and investigators in over 30 countries rely on our products to safely conduct cross-border trade, research front-page news stories, confidently enter new markets, and prevent financial crimes such as corruption and money laundering.
Our company culture is defined by a dedication to our mission of using open data to prevent illicit commercial and financial activity, a passion for finding novel approaches to complex problems, and an understanding that diverse perspectives create optimal outcomes. We embrace cross-team collaboration, encourage training and learning opportunities, and reward initiative and innovation. If you like working with supportive, high-performing, and curious teams, Sayari is the place for you.
POSITION DESCRIPTION
Sayari is entering a new phase of technical scale, driven by a wave of AI-native applications and a strategic shift in our data architecture. We are looking for a Principal Cloud Infrastructure Engineer who is a platform builder at heart. In this role, you will be an architect and engineer for our Kubernetes-first platform. You will initially play a critical role in two major initiatives: supporting the infrastructure management of Snowflake and the evolution of our FinOps practice from reactive reporting to proactive governance-as-code. This is a hands-on, high-autonomy role for an engineer who loves to automate complex problems and use modern AI tools to accelerate the velocity.
JOB RESPONSIBILITIES
- Architect the K8s Ecosystem: Lead the evolution of our Kubernetes clusters, ensuring they are optimized for the high-compute demands of AI-native applications and LLM workloads. Evolve our CI/CD ecosystem (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD) into a seamless, self-service platform designed specifically for the rapid deployment of microservices and AI-driven apps.
- Support AI Velocity: Ensure our infrastructure can keep pace with the high-velocity creation of AI tools and applications, managing segmentation, dependency connections, and compute scaling efficiently.
- AI-Enhanced Engineering: Act as a force multiplier by using modern AI tools to accelerate coding, debugging, and process automation.
- Execute Snowflake Infrastructure: Own the infrastructure side of Snowflake, including account provisioning, access controls, and network architecture, ensuring a solid foundation for our data and application engineering teams.
- Automate FinOps Governance: Go beyond monthly reports by implementing "governance-as-code." Write automated policies and scripts that actively manage resource lifecycles, tag compliance, and prevent wasteful cloud spend before it happens.
- Advance Infrastructure as Code: Manage and scale our IaC (Terraform), with modular, reusable patterns that allow developers to provision what they need within guardrails.
SKILLS & EXPERIENCE
Must-Have Experience
- Deep production experience with GCP or AWS. You understand how to architect for resilience and security in a multi-cloud environment.
- Expert-level proficiency with Terraform. You don't just run plans; you write modular, scalable code from scratch.
- Hands-on experience building CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions and managing deployments using tools such as ArgoCD or Flux.
- Strong scripting/coding ability in Bash and Python.
- Proven experience automating cloud cost controls. You understand how to implement cost attribution strategies and automated cleanup policies.
- Experience provisioning and securing Snowflake environments from an infrastructure perspective.
- Experience using AI tools to accelerate coding, debugging, process automation, and documentation.
- Familiarity with Site Reliability Engineering principles, including defining SLIs/SLOs, managing error budgets, and structured incident response.
Desired Experience
- Experience with tools such as Terragrunt and Atlantis for advanced IaC workflows.
- Familiarity with tools such as Elastic Cloud or Datadog for monitoring and observability.
- Experience building or managing Internal Developer Portals.
The target base salary for this position is $200,000-$220,000 plus bonus and equity. Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors including location, local market variances, candidate experience and expertise, internal peer equity, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
Benefits:
- 100% fully paid medical, vision, and dental for employees and their dependents
- Generous time off; we observe all US federal holidays, close our office for a winter break (12/24-12/31), in addition to granting 18 PTO days and 10 sick days
- Outstanding compensation package; competitive commissions for revenue roles and quarterly bonuses for non-revenue positions
- A strong commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Eligibility to participate in additional benefits such as 401k match up to 5%, 100% paid life insurance (up to $100,000 coverage),, and parental leave
- A collaborative and positive culture - your team will be as smart and driven as you
- Limitless growth and learning opportunities
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