Infra Engineer - Datacenters

This is a remote position available anywhere in the world!

At Railway, we make it simple to ship anything. A lot goes into that. This role bridges the universe of atoms to the universe of bits.

We’ve built ground-up infrastructure to deliver better-than-best-in-class experience to all of our users by building datacenters all over the world. They’re designed for performance, resilience, and reliability.

"The person who says it cannot be done, should not interrupt the person doing it" — Confucius

Curious? Learn more in our blog post about this team: So You Want to Build Your Own Data Center.

Want to learn about our work culture? Here is a three-part blog series that will help you see the unique ways our team works (Part 1, Part 2, and Part 3).

Required Qualifications & Experience

Expect to need all of these day-to-day to excel at Railway:

1. Built application-level code (Golang, gRPC, PostgreSQL, etc.)
2. Made use of OS primitives (syscalls, cgroups, etc.)
3. Delivered projects 0→N: led it, scaled it, seen your "brilliant solutions" become tech debt, etc.
4. Operated with agency and urgency (bonus points if remotely!)
5. Had enough foresight to ship for today, design for 10x, and engineer for 100x in 18 months
6. Communicated clearly using RFCs/Docs to break up and deliver large, nebulous tasks
7. Been on-call and know that you will be 1–2 weeks per quarter
8. Constructed monitoring, alerts, and dashboards to notify you before things break
9. Built the confidence to say no to 99% of things, and the grit to deliver the 1% that matter

Desired Qualifications & Experience

Expect to go deep in 1–2 of these to do the best work of your life:

1. Designed and procured $1m+ hardware for datacenters
2. Managed and orchestrated supply chains globally
3. Designed rack-level layouts for optimal efficiency (heat, energy, etc.)
4. Built automated systems for inventory management up to PXE bootstrapping

Things to Know

For better or worse, we're a startup; our team dynamics are different from companies of different sizes and stages.

• Global Distribution: We're distributed all across the globe. As a result, stuff is always happening.
• Work Boundaries: We do NOT expect you to work all the time, but you'll have to be diligent about your boundaries because the end of your day may overlap with the start of someone else's.
• High Ownership: We're a small team (21 people) serving hundreds of thousands of users. There's high ownership, a lot going on, and high ambiguity.
• Growth & Accountability: We believe ownership is key to growth. Part of that is making choices and owning the success or failure that comes with them.

Benefits & Perks

• Great Salary & Equity: Strong base pay and equity grants.
• Health Benefits: Full health coverage, including dependents.
• Equipment Stipend: Gear provided to set up your ideal workspace.
• High Autonomy: Very few meetings (just Monday and Friday company board syncs).
• Novel Problems: Well-funded startup environment solving complex infrastructure challenges.

How We Hire

1. Talk with us about the role: An open-ended conversation to learn about who you are and what you want to achieve.
2. Work on a small project: Asynchronously design a datacenter procurement, buildout, and management process from scratch.
3. Review your solution with the Team: A 60-minute session to review your solution, test problem-solving skills, and introduce you to team members.
4. Meet the Team: Chat with 4 team members across different areas of the company.
5. Offer and Details Chat with CEO: Finalize details regarding the position, onboarding, and offer terms.