Opendoor · 4 hours ago
Staff Infrastructure Engineer
Seattle, WA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$198K/yr - $247K/yr
8+ years expOpendoor is seeking a seasoned Staff Infrastructure Engineer to join their engineering team. The role focuses on leading the design, development, and evolution of cloud infrastructure, ensuring it is robust, secure, and scalable while collaborating with various teams to align infrastructure with product goals.
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Responsibilities
Design, build, and maintain scalable, secure, and highly available infrastructure in AWS using best practices
Lead our efforts in Kubernetes (EKS) architecture, cluster management, and deployment strategies
Collaborate with application and platform engineering teams to optimize microservices deployment, CI/CD workflows, and service orchestration
Define and implement infrastructure as code (IaC) using tools like Terraform or AWS CDK
Drive observability and performance monitoring strategies using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, or CloudWatch
Champion DevOps culture across the organization and mentor other engineers on cloud-native best practices
Develop and maintain disaster recovery and business continuity strategies
Conduct architecture reviews, performance tuning, and capacity planning
Stay up to date with industry trends and emerging technologies, proactively recommending improvements
Qualification
Required
8+ years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or site reliability engineering roles
Strong expertise with AWS services (EC2, ECS/EKS, IAM, VPC, RDS, S3, etc.)
Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes (EKS) in production environments
Proficient in infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform, Pulumi, or AWS CDK
Experience with microservices and distributed systems architectures
Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Python, Bash, Go)
Proven experience with monitoring, logging, and observability systems
Solid understanding of networking, security, and cloud infrastructure best practices
Preferred
Experience in a high-scale, SaaS or cloud-native environment
Familiarity with service meshes (e.g., Istio, Linkerd) and container runtimes
Knowledge of CI/CD pipelines and tools such as GitHub Actions, ArgoCD, or Jenkins
AWS Certifications (e.g., Solutions Architect, DevOps Engineer) are a plus
Benefits
Unlimited PTO
Medical/dental/vision insurance
Life insurance
401(k)
Company
Opendoor
Founded in 2014, Opendoor’s mission is to power life’s progress one move at a time.
1001-5000 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$2.57BKey Investors
Jane Street CapitalGeneral AtlanticSoftBank Vision Fund
2025-09-24Post Ipo Equity· $362M
2025-05-19Post Ipo Debt· $325M
2023-09-20Post Ipo Secondary· $1.98M
Leadership Team
Kaz Nejatian
Chief Executive Officer
Christy Schwartz
Chief Financial Officer
Recent News
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