Senior Software Engineer - DevOps & Infrastructure

At Pulumi, you will be challenged, learn, teach, and collaborate with an elite team of great people.

In order to succeed at Pulumi, you will need to resonate with the following values:

• We succeed and fail as a team
• An inclusive environment bubbles the best ideas to the top
• Our customers sit at the center of every decision
• We achieve the best results through openness and honesty, even when uncomfortable
• Work smart, but bias for action and results
• Our natural curiosity for technology keeps us always learning
• Think big, dream, and define the future of engineering in the cloud

While Pulumi is headquartered in Seattle, WA., we are dedicated to being a remote-first company. This role will be located remotely in the United States.

About the Role:

Here at Pulumi, we dogfood our own developer tools.

You will work closely with our engineering teams to enhance our internal platform while providing user feedback on the end developer product, optimize our CI/CD workflows and development processes, and contribute to the broader Pulumi community.

We are looking for an experienced engineer with a background in DevOps to help evolve Pulumi’s cloud infrastructure and deployment automation. You will play a key role in designing, building, and maintaining Pulumi’s internal and external cloud services, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security across multiple cloud platforms.

This role is at the intersection of cloud technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP, Kubernetes) and infrastructure automation, empowering developers and organizations to manage their cloud infrastructure with Pulumi. 

In This Role, You Will:

• Design, build, and maintain scalable cloud infrastructure using Pulumi and other Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools.
• Automate deployment processes for cloud services, ensuring high availability and performance.
• Develop CI/CD pipelines to streamline software delivery and improve developer productivity.
• Implement observability best practices, including logging, monitoring, and alerting for cloud services.
• Optimize cloud costs and performance, ensuring efficient use of AWS, Azure, GCP, and Kubernetes.
• Collaborate with engineers to improve infrastructure security, compliance, and operational resilience.
• Engage with the Pulumi open-source community, sharing best practices and contributing to enhancements in infrastructure automation.

We’re Looking For Someone With:

• Experience in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with Pulumi or Terraform
• Strong application development skills in languages like Go, or TypeScript.
• Expertise in Kubernetes, Docker, and cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, GCP).
• Deep knowledge of CI/CD systems such as GitHub Actions or GitLab CI.
• Understanding of observability tools (Cloudwatch, Honeycomb, Sentry).
• Experience with security best practices, including identity management, encryption, and policy enforcement.
• Strong problem-solving skills, with a focus on operational excellence and reliability.

Passion for developer experience, infrastructure automation, and improving cloud workflows.

Benefits & Perks at Pulumi:

Health & Wellness:
We offer comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance at no cost to U.S. employees. Internationally, we comply with local healthcare requirements and provide regionally appropriate coverage.

Time Off:
Our unlimited PTO policy encourages balance and rest — and we require employees to take at least three weeks off annually, plus 13 U.S. holidays.

401(k):
U.S. employees are eligible for a 401(k) plan with an employer match to support long-term financial wellness.

Parental Leave:
We provide 20 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents or primary caregivers, and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents or secondary caregivers.

Remote-First Culture:
Pulumi has been fully remote since 2020, with teammates across 20+ U.S. states and 12+ countries. We support flexible work with asynchronous collaboration and an annual “work from anywhere” stipend.

Professional Development:
Every employee receives an annual le