Astra · 5 months ago
Senior Infrastructure & Platform Engineer
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level
5+ years expAstra is building mission-critical infrastructure for moving money at scale. The Senior Infrastructure & Platform Engineer will architect and maintain the cloud infrastructure that powers Astra's financial platform, ensuring it scales reliably while enabling rapid development and deployment.
Financial ServicesFinTechPersonal FinanceSoftware
Responsibilities
Architect Scalable Infrastructure: Design and manage GCP infrastructure (App Engine, Firestore, Cloud Functions, IAM, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, etc.) that supports 100M+ weekly transaction volume
Build Internal Developer Platform - Create self-service tools and platforms that enable engineers to deploy, monitor, and operate services independently
Build Reliable CI/CD Systems: Own and improve deployment workflows that enable rapid, safe releases for a fast-moving fintech platform
Design for Compliance: Help define and enforce infrastructure best practices that meet financial industry security and compliance requirements
Partner on System Design: Work with backend engineers to design scalable systems that can handle complex financial workflows
Ensure Observability: Contribute to monitoring, alerting, and reliability tooling that provides visibility into critical financial systems
Qualification
Required
5+ years of infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering experience
Systems thinking mindset - ability to understand how infrastructure decisions impact the entire platform
Experience managing cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred) using Terraform or similar IaC tools
Experience with modular microservices architecture and distributed systems
Strong understanding of security best practices in cloud environments
Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, environment management, and service deployment strategies
Comfortable writing automation and tooling in Python, Javascript, Go, Bash, or another preferred language
Proactive mindset - you seek out ways to improve systems and enable others
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required
Cloud Infrastructure: GCP (App Engine, Firestore, Cloud Functions, IAM, Pub/Sub, BigQuery)
Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar
CI/CD: GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or similar platforms
Programming: Python, Go, Bash for automation and tooling
Monitoring: Experience with observability and alerting systems
Preferred
Financial systems infrastructure - understanding of compliance and security requirements
Kubernetes and container orchestration
Security and IAM - experience with least-privilege access and secrets management
Incident management and on-call experience
High-scale systems - experience with infrastructure supporting high transaction volumes
Benefits
Competitive compensation with equity in a growing fintech company
Remote-first culture with flexible working arrangements
Small team, big impact - your work directly shapes our entire platform infrastructure
Professional growth - lead infrastructure decisions for a scaling fintech platform
Modern tech stack - work with cutting-edge cloud technologies
Mission-driven - build infrastructure that powers financial innovation
Company
Astra
Astra is the platform for moving money instantly and securely
11-50 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$44.9MKey Investors
Alumni VenturesFPV VenturesSlow Ventures
2024-05-29Series A
2022-10-13Series A· $10M
2022-10-13Debt Financing· $30M
Leadership Team
Gil Akos
Co-Founder, CEO
Sam Morgan
Co-Founder, Chief Operating Officer
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