Summary
What you’ll impact
The Lead Infrastructure Engineer architects and evolves the core platform supporting trading, crypto, and global expansion services. The role leverages deep expertise in Kubernetes internals, Istio/Envoy service mesh, Terraform at scale, and builds tooling in Go or Python. Key deliverables include designing end-to-end service mesh architecture, advancing the Kubernetes compute platform for multi-region resiliency, and transforming Terraform provisioning into a self-service system. The engineer drives cross-functional technical direction, leads architecture reviews, and influences multiple engineering teams to adopt standardized infrastructure solutions.
Responsibilities
What you'll do
- Own service mesh architecture end-to-end — standardize and evolve the company's Istio and Envoy deployment, eliminate deprecated communication patterns, and build the networking foundation for multi-region operation
- Drive Kubernetes compute platform evolution — define the long-term direction for cluster lifecycle, scheduling strategy, control plane architecture, and multi-region resiliency across the company's entire compute fleet
- Redesign infrastructure provisioning — transform Terraform from a collection of ad-hoc configurations into a scalable, self-service platform capability that enables rapid region provisioning and developer autonomy
- Operate with source-level depth — diagnose and resolve issues at the Kubernetes API machinery, etcd, Envoy xDS, and Terraform provider layer, and contribute upstream where it serves the platform
- Define technical direction across teams — produce architecture proposals, lead design reviews, and drive cross-functional alignment on infrastructure decisions that affect every engineering organization at the company
Requirements
What you’ll bring
- Deep, hands-on expertise with Kubernetes internals — API server, controller reconciliation, etcd watch propagation, scheduler mechanics, and admission control
- Deep working knowledge of Istio and/or Envoy at the source code level — including the xDS API as a protocol; experience debugging at the control-plane/data-plane boundary
- HTTP/2 and gRPC wire-level knowledge — connection management, flow control, stream multiplexing, and observability
- Terraform at architectural scale — module design patterns, provider internals, remote state management, and multi-region provisioning
- Production Go or Python for infrastructure tooling; strong fundamentals in writing well-structured, tested, operationally sound code
- Proven ability to drive cross-functional architectural change across large or complex engineering organizations — influencing without authority and shipping durable decisions
- Based in Bellevue, WA office, with in-person attendance expected at least 3 days per week