Infrastructure Engineer

As an Infrastructure Engineer at Centrapay, your primary responsibilities include designing and implementing infrastructure-as-code using Terraform and Helm, ensuring the systems are secure and scalable. You will collaborate with senior engineers to architect solutions for complex challenges and work alongside product and application teams to fulfill their needs. Additionally, you’ll be responsible for building and maintaining developer tooling that enhances workflows and monitoring systems.

To qualify for the Infrastructure Engineer position at Centrapay, candidates should possess a Bachelor’s degree in Software Engineering or Computer Science, alongside at least 2 years of experience in an Infrastructure or Site Reliability Engineer role. Proficiency in developing and securing cloud infrastructure and familiarity with tools like Kubernetes, Terraform, and GitOps are essential, along with strong communication skills.

At Centrapay, the company culture is open, inclusive, and supportive. We prioritize employee well-being, offering flexible working hours and opportunities for self-directed learning. As an Infrastructure Engineer, you will experience a positive work environment that fosters personal growth, employee feedback, and ongoing improvements to our culture.

As an Infrastructure Engineer at Centrapay, you'll engage with a diverse tech stack that includes AWS, Kubernetes, Terraform, and Datadog, among others. While experience with every part of the tech stack isn’t mandatory, we are excited to support you as you bridge any knowledge gaps and grow in your role.

Centrapay offers a range of benefits for its Infrastructure Engineers, including flexible working arrangements, a Macbook Pro, free health insurance, sick leave from day one, and additional parental leave entitlements. We also support continuous professional development, allow for a day off to celebrate your birthday, and have an engaging culture with social activities to keep the team connected.

When answering this question, focus on specific projects where you've designed or implemented infrastructure through code. Discuss the tools you used, like Terraform or Helm, and how your approach improved the security and scalability of the infrastructure.

To tackle this question effectively, highlight your knowledge of security best practices, such as implementing IAM roles, using security groups, and making use of encryption. Mention any tools or processes you’ve used to assess and enhance security.

A strong answer should discuss your experience with monitoring tools, such as Datadog, and how you set up alerts and dashboards to track service performance. Explain how you analyze metrics to identify and address reliability issues.

Share a specific example that demonstrates your problem-solving abilities. Explain the challenge, how you approached it, the technologies you utilized, and the outcome — ensuring to showcase your teamwork and communication skills.

Discuss your hands-on experience with Docker and Kubernetes. Mention specific projects where you deployed applications using these tools and how it improved scalability and deployment times.

Explain your commitment to continuous learning. Discuss resources you rely on, like tech blogs, online courses, webinars, or conferences, and how you apply this knowledge to your work.

Describe your understanding of GitOps principles and any hands-on experience you have with using Git for maintaining deployment pipelines. Mention any tools like ArgoCD you’ve used to automate and manage your deployments.

A good answer will outline your strategies for collaboration and communication within the team, such as utilizing CI/CD pipelines, involving team members in code reviews, and regularly scheduled releases to minimize risk.

Share a specific incident, focusing on your calmness under pressure, how you diagnosed the issue, and what steps you took to rectify the situation and prevent future occurrences.

Express your enthusiasm for Centrapay’s mission and technology. Link your skills and values to what you’ve learned about the company culture and how you see yourself contributing to the team and goals.