Klaviyo · 5 hours ago
Lead Software Engineer - Environments (Dev Infra)
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$176K/yr - $264K/yr
7+ years expKlaviyo is a company that empowers creators to own their destiny by making first-party data accessible and actionable. They are seeking a Lead Software Engineer for the Environments team who will be responsible for the tools and systems that enable engineers to create fully provisioned, short-lived environments, thereby enhancing developer velocity and ensuring high-quality code delivery.
AdvertisingAnalyticsE-CommerceMarketing AutomationSoftware
Responsibilities
Act as the Lead Individual Contributor (IC) and subject matter expert for environment orchestration, mentoring other engineers and championing a culture of seamless, on-demand testing
Lead the design and evolution of our existing platform to support complex, multi-service architectures, ensuring environments are isolated, secure, and performant
Productize our internal infrastructure by architecting self-service tools that automate the heavy lifting of service provisioning
Future-proof the platform by exploring "reproducible anywhere" capabilities, enabling these short-lived environments to run seamlessly across cloud providers and local development setups
Partner with QA and Product teams to ensure ephemeral environments are the gold standard for end-to-end testing and stakeholder reviews
Define standards for environment lifecycle management, including automated cleanup (reaping), cost-tracking, and observability for transient infrastructure
Qualification
Required
7+ years of software engineering experience, with a recent focus on Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, or Full-Stack Development
Proven track record of leading large-scale technical projects as an individual contributor, navigating complexity without needing a management title
You are a 'Lead by doing' engineer who prefers to be in the IDE, navigating complexity through direct implementation rather than just management
You are a hands-on expert across the stack
You can build intuitive, self-service interfaces in React and TypeScript just as effectively as you develop robust, scalable backend services in Python/Django
Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and the AWS ecosystem (EC2, RDS, Networking)
You treat your platform as a product
You are obsessed with making it easy for other engineering teams to onboard their specific products and services into our environments with minimal manual configuration
You are excited about using AI to accelerate the SDLC
You see ephemeral environments as the key to unlocking automated AI testing and faster time-to-completion for features
You've already experimented with AI in work or personal projects, and you're excited to dive in and learn fast
You understand the nuances of E2E testing and how high-fidelity environments are the secret ingredient to preventing production regressions
Benefits
Generous benefits
Company
Klaviyo
Klaviyo is an automation and email platform designed to help grow businesses.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
Klaviyo has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships. Please note that this does not
guarantee sponsorship for this specific role. Below presents additional info for your
reference. (Data Powered by US Department of Labor)
Distribution of Different Job Fields Receiving Sponsorship
Represents job field similar to this job
Trends of Total Sponsorships
2025 (47)
2024 (29)
2023 (24)
2022 (27)
2021 (21)
2020 (8)
Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.35BKey Investors
ShopifySands Capital VenturesAccel
2025-08-13Post Ipo Secondary· $195.06M
2025-05-14Post Ipo Secondary· $372.95M
2023-09-20IPO
Leadership Team
Andrew Bialecki
CEO
Ed Hallen
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, Board Member
Recent News
Investing.com
2026-01-03
2025-12-17
Company data provided by crunchbase