Senior / Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Our co-founders started Zip in 2020 to address this seemingly intractable problem with a purpose-built platform that provides a simple, consumer-grade user experience. Within just a few short years, Zip created the procurement orchestration category and developed the leading solution in this $50B+ TAM space. Today, leading companies like Instacart, Anthropic, Sephora, Discover, Reddit, and Lyft rely on Zip to manage billions of dollars in spend.

We're a fast-growing team that helped scale category-defining companies like Airbnb, Meta, Salesforce, Databricks, Ramp, Apple, and Google. With a $2.2 billion valuation and $370 million in funding from Y Combinator, BOND, DST Global, and CRV, we’re focused on developing cutting-edge technology, expanding into new global markets, and—above all–driving incredible value for our customers. Join us!

Your Role

Zip's infrastructure is built on AWS and has been evolving since the company's inception. With the recent exponential growth of our business, it's crucial to revamp the cloud architecture for enhanced scalability and reliability.

This role will be an early member of the Cloud Infrastructure pod, focused on driving the company’s cloud-native engineering strategy. 

You Will

• Architect Zip’s cloud native AWS infrastructure for reliability, scalability, security, and efficiency

• Develop and manage EKS-based Kubernetes, utilizing tools such as ArgoCD, Flux, Helm charts, and Terraform

• Lead and ship large technical projects with other engineers, such as transforming services into multi-cluster and multi-region architecture

• Support Zip’s product engineering teams by abstracting infrastructure complexity through a managed services approach

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or a related technical such as Physics or Mathematics

• 5+ years of cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or SRE experience

• 3+ years of expertise with AWS and Kubernetes

• Experience managing CI/CD, such as Github Actions, Jenkins, and ArgoCD

• Experience in designing, implementing, and scaling multi-cluster, multi-region, and multi-account infrastructure

• Understanding of networking in AWS & Kubernetes including service meshes, load balancing, and VPCs

• Familiarity with Infrastructure as Code (IaC), such as Terraform, Helm, or Kustomize 

• Proficiency in modern development practices, systems engineering principles, and scripting

• Demonstrated ability and eagerness to quickly learn new frameworks, architectural patterns, and programming languages as needed

Nice to Haves

• Prior experience working in a B2B SaaS fintech company

• Familiarity with compliance standards, such as SOC 2 and GDPR

The salary range for this role is $160,000 - $220,000. The salary for this position is determined based on a variety of job-related factors that may include location, relevant experience, education, or particular skills and expertise.

Perks & Benefits

At Zip, we’re committed to providing our employees with everything they need to do their best work.

• 📈  Start-up equity

• 🦷  Full health, vision & dental coverage

• 🍽️  Catered lunches & dinners for SF employees

• 🚍  Commuter benefit

• 🚠  Team building events & happy hours

• 🌴  Flexible PTO

• 💻  Apple equipment plus home office budget

• 💸  401k plan

We're looking to hire Zipsters and that means hiring people who take ownership, communicate openly, have an underdog mindset, and are excited to increase the pace of innovation for every business in the world. We encourage all candidates to apply even if your experience doesn't exactly match up to our job description. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive workspace where everyone (regardless of age, religion, ethnicity, gender, sexual orientation, and more) feels like they belong. We look forward to hearing from you!