OPAQUE Systems · 2 months ago
Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure
San Francisco, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
5+ years expOPAQUE Systems is building a secure, privacy-preserving data and AI platform called the Confidential AI platform. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer, Infrastructure to design, build, and scale systems that power their secure computing platform, focusing on cloud infrastructure and developer tooling.
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Responsibilities
Design, implement, and maintain scalable, secure, and compliant cloud infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code
Build and evolve CI/CD pipelines that improve developer velocity and confidence, balancing speed with safety
Operate and improve Kubernetes-based systems, bridging application and infrastructure to ensure reliability at scale
Participate in on-call rotations, incident response, and postmortems, driving improvements in availability and recovery
Lead observability efforts — defining metrics, building dashboards, and making system health visible and actionable
Drive cost awareness and optimization across environments
Build internal tools and automation that make developers more productive and happy
Collaborate across teams, proactively surfacing issues and opportunities before they become blockers
Qualification
Required
5-7+ years of industry experience building and operating production infrastructure
Led complex, cross-functional projects or acted as a technical lead
Known for taking ownership, driving projects end to end with a bias for action
Curious and self-directed, eager to dive into unfamiliar systems or learn new technologies
Communicate clearly, precisely, and proactively, aligning technical direction with stakeholder needs
Care deeply about reliability, scalability, and developer experience
Fluent in at least one language such as Python, Go, Rust, or Java
Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, Azure, GCP, or AWS, and Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Cloudformation, Pulumi, etc.)
Experience with security or compliance frameworks (SOC 2, ISO 27001, or similar)
Preferred
Experience in early-stage startups or hyper-growth environments
A background in security, privacy, or confidential computing
Contributions to open source or community-driven infrastructure projects
Company
OPAQUE Systems
Opaque is a startup that helps organizations analyze encrypted data in the cloud.
11-50 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Early StageTotal Funding
$31.5MKey Investors
Accenture VenturesWalden Catalyst
2025-03-13Series Unknown
2022-06-28Series A· $22M
2021-07-07Seed· $9.5M
Leadership Team
Raluca Ada Popa
Co-Founder & Board Director
Rishabh Poddar
CTO & Co-Founder
Recent News
2025-06-18
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