Senior Infrastructure & Platform Engineer

Location: Remote (US) Employment Type: Full-time Experience: 5+ years

About Astra

Astra is building mission-critical infrastructure for moving money at scale. Our platform processes over 100M+ in weekly transaction volume with 99.9%+ uptime, powering real-time transfers, bank debits, card disbursements, and complex financial compliance systems. We provide APIs and automation tools that enable businesses to move money programmatically while maintaining strict regulatory requirements.

We're looking for a senior infrastructure engineer who thinks in systems, not just tools. You'll architect and maintain the cloud infrastructure that powers our financial platform, ensuring it scales reliably while enabling rapid development and deployment.

The Role

You'll own the core infrastructure that powers Astra's financial platform, managing everything from GCP resources to CI/CD pipelines. This role requires deep systems thinking to design infrastructure that can handle the complexity of financial transactions, regulatory compliance, and rapid scaling.

What You'll Do

• Architect Scalable Infrastructure: Design and manage GCP infrastructure (App Engine, Firestore, Cloud Functions, IAM, Pub/Sub, BigQuery, etc.) that supports 100M+ weekly transaction volume.
• Build Internal Developer Platform: Create self-service tools and platforms that enable engineers to deploy, monitor, and operate services independently.
• Build Reliable CI/CD Systems: Own and improve deployment workflows that enable rapid, safe releases for a fast-moving fintech platform.
• Design for Compliance: Help define and enforce infrastructure best practices that meet financial industry security and compliance requirements.
• Partner on System Design: Work with backend engineers to design scalable systems that can handle complex financial workflows.
• Ensure Observability: Contribute to monitoring, alerting, and reliability tooling that provides visibility into critical financial systems.

What We're Looking For

Required Experience

• 5+ years of infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering experience.
• Systems thinking mindset - ability to understand how infrastructure decisions impact the entire platform.
• Experience managing cloud infrastructure (GCP preferred) using Terraform or similar IaC tools.
• Experience with modular microservices architecture and distributed systems.
• Strong understanding of security best practices in cloud environments.
• Strong understanding of CI/CD pipelines, environment management, and service deployment strategies.
• Comfortable writing automation and tooling in Python, Javascript, Go, Bash, or another preferred language.
• Proactive mindset - you seek out ways to improve systems and enable others.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field required.
• Master's degree in Computer Science or Engineering from an accredited university highly preferred.

Technical Skills

• Cloud Infrastructure: GCP (App Engine, Firestore, Cloud Functions, IAM, Pub/Sub, BigQuery)
• Infrastructure as Code: Terraform, CloudFormation, or similar
• CI/CD: GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or similar platforms
• Programming: Python, Go, Bash for automation and tooling
• Monitoring: Experience with observability and alerting systems

Preferred Experience

• Financial systems infrastructure - understanding of compliance and security requirements.
• Kubernetes and container orchestration.
• Security and IAM - experience with least-privilege access and secrets management.
• Incident management and on-call experience.
• High-scale systems - experience with infrastructure supporting high transaction volumes.

Why This Role Matters

• Mission-Critical Impact: Your infrastructure decisions directly impact systems that process millions of dollars daily.
• First Infrastructure Hire: You'll shape how we build, deploy, and operate our platform as we scale.
• Complex Challenges: Design infrastructure that handles financial compliance, security, and rapid scaling.
• Systems Architecture: Think beyond individual tools to design robust and scalable systems.