[Remote] Staff Software Engineer, DevOps/Infrastructure

Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Engine is transforming business travel into a personalized and seamless experience through technology. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the technical evolution of their control plane, design platform primitives, and mentor embedded engineers while improving CI/CD reliability and vendor integrations.ResponsibilitiesLead the technical evolution of the control plane — not just keep it running, but decide where it goes nextDesign and ship platform primitives (Terraform modules, pipeline templates, account/networking patterns) that feature teams adopt because they're better than the alternative — not because they're mandatedPartner with embedded infra engineers to identify recurring friction across verticals and turn it into self-serve capabilityOwn the boring-but-critical work: AWS Organization hygiene, CI/CD reliability, vendor contracts and integration health, incident response on shared infrastructureMentor across the discipline. We hold infra standups twice a week — that's where you'll teach, learn, and stay aligned with the embedded engineersReduce the SDLC step-function count. Every new approval gate, every "ask infra first" workflow is a tax — your job is to lower itSkills8+ years building and operating production cloud infrastructure, with deep AWS expertise (multi-account, networking, IAM, security boundaries)Expert-level Terraform — you've designed reusable modules, run TFC at scale, and have opinions about state, drift, and execution patternsStrong CI/CD background — GitHub Actions, reusable workflows, OIDC, secret managementExperience with platform engineering: shipping internal tools and abstractions that other engineers actually want to useA bias toward enabling teams over gatekeeping. You'd rather build the paved road than approve the off-road permitsCloudflare (WAF, DNS, zero-trust/WARP) at production scaleDatadog, JFrog, or comparable vendor integration experienceBackground in cost observability or FinOps toolingHistory of working in or alongside embedded/platform models — you understand the difference between a platform team and a ticket queueBenefitsOpportunities for bonuses, commissions, and equityHybrid-hub modelWhether you are in one of our amazing offices or fully remote, we’ll make sure you have what you need to succeedCompany OverviewHotel Engine is now Engine. It was founded in 2018, and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado, USA, with a workforce of 501-1000 employees. Its website is http://www.engine.com.Company H1B SponsorshipHotel Engine has a track record of offering H1B sponsorships, with 3 in 2023, 5 in 2021, 1 in 2020. Please note that this does not guarantee sponsorship for this specific role.