Kaizen Labs · 2 months ago
Software Engineering Lead, Infrastructure
New York, NY
Full-time
Hybrid
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$180K/yr - $220K/yr
6+ years expKaizen Labs is a company focused on modernizing government digital services, and they are seeking an Infrastructure Lead to build scalable and reliable systems for their platform. This role involves both hands-on engineering and people management, with responsibilities including infrastructure development, cloud management, and collaboration with product teams.
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Responsibilities
Build and execute the infrastructure roadmap, defining priorities and driving adoption
Own and consolidate our cloud footprint
Manage infrastructure and observability tools (Datadog, Sentry, etc.) and expand their effectiveness
Collaborate with product engineers to build scalable dev tooling and CI/CD pipelines
Lead and mentor a small team while remaining a strong IC
Ensure compliance-ready infrastructure for government and other highly regulated environments
Make high-level architectural decisions to evolve our platform from early-stage infrastructure into enterprise-grade operations
Qualification
Required
6+ years of infrastructure or DevOps engineering experience
Proven experience building 0→1 cloud infrastructure (AWS or GCP strongly preferred)
Proficiency with Terraform, Docker, and Kubernetes (or equivalent cloud-native tools)
Experience in high-compliance environments (government, healthcare, finance, or public companies)
Strong background in observability and monitoring (Datadog, Sentry, or similar)
Comfortable leading projects and/or teams, or owning complex infrastructure initiatives
A “builder” mentality: you've walked into messy infra setups and transformed them into scalable, reliable systems
Familiar with (or excited to learn about) integrating AI-assisted coding and problem-solving tools into everyday development
Preferred
Prior experience at an early-stage company where you were the first infra hire or helped scale a small infra team
Familiarity with multi-cloud or hybrid cloud strategies
Benefits
Comprehensive Health Coverage
Dental, Vision & Financial Wellness
$100,000 in fully paid life insurance
401(k) access through Guideline
Parental Leave That Supports Families
$50/month toward your commute
One-time setup stipend (up to $750) for your home or NYC office
$100/month for wellness or productivity
$250/year for recreation - because fun matters
$500/year for professional development - because growth does too
Expensed lunch three days a week when you're in the office
Company-provided laptop
Unlimited PTO
All federal holidays off
A company-wide winter break during the week of Christmas
Company
Kaizen Labs
Kaizen Labs is a software company that helps city administrators transform resident experiences with simple digital products.
11-50 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$32MKey Investors
New Enterprise Associates
2025-10-30Series A· $21M
2023-01-01Seed· $11M
Leadership Team
Kshitij Shah
Co-Founder & COO
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