Senior/Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

Join to apply for the Founding Cloud Infrastructure Engineer role at LightenJoin to apply for the Founding Cloud Infrastructure Engineer role at LightenGet AI-powered advice on this job and more exclusive features.About us: We are Lighten, a seed-stage healthcare AI startup that's determined to solve fundamental challenges in driving patient insights from healthcare data. Our founding team comprises former Stanford PhDs and postdocs in clinical informatics and AI, clinicians and healthcare industry veterans. We are well funded by top-tier institutional investors and angels.We are on a mission to reimagine the value of healthcare data to improve patient outcomes. We are an extraordinarily committed team that values integrity, grit, accountability, generosity, and most fundamentally, being a good human. We are developing frontier LLM-enabled deep technology that pushes the boundary of what's possible, with long-term defensibility. Our goal is to accelerate clinical evidence generation to improve care and research.We offer competitive salary and employee equity options, 3% company-sponsored 401k contributions, and comprehensive medical, dental and vision insurance for employees and their families.Founding Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (Senior or Staff level)You Can Expect ToOwn the architecture, design, development and operations of platform infrastructure and customer facing deployments and contribute to launching our first product from 0 to 1 that can handle heterogeneous sources of healthcare data at scale.Prototype, optimize, and maintain scalable back-end services that will power new ML and LLM model powered development workflowsDevelop automated processes that build, deploy and test softwareDesign and implement/procure cybersecurity solutions that are compliant with all customer requirements and healthcare regulationsOptimize web applications for performance, speed, and scalability, ensuring fast load times and smooth user interactions.Write clean, well-structured, and maintainable code following best practices and coding standards. Conduct code reviews, provide constructive feedback, and collaborate with team members to improve code quality and maintainability.Design storage solutions and data models that grow with the teams mission and ambitionsBe an engaged team player in a customer-focused cross-functional environment where you will feel excited to take on whatever is most impactful for the company and productHave the ability to work in person in Palo Alto, CA at least 4 days a weekWe Look ForProficiency in Python and Terraform5+ years Experience in Dev Ops, Site Reliability Engineering or similar infrastructure rolesSolid understanding of cybersecurity solutions and best practices.Knowledge of cloud services (AWS, Azure, GCP) and containerization technologies (Docker, Kubernetes).Experience in delivering distributed and ML systems and services in a production setting for cloud-native applicationsExperience with distributed compute frameworks and data processing pipelinesAbility to design and build efficient scalable data storage, compute, and retrieval systems for AI/ML tasksPrevious experience with healthcare data is beneficial but not requiredLocated in the San Francisco Bay Area or willing to relocateWe are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and are committed to building a team that represents a variety of backgrounds, perspectives, and skills. We embrace diversity and provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment. We prohibit discrimination and harassment of any type on the basis of race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state, or local law. All employment is decided on the basis of qualifications, performance, merit, and business need.Seniority levelSeniority levelMid-Senior levelEmployment typeEmployment typeFull-timeJob functionJob functionInformation TechnologyIndustriesSoftware DevelopmentReferrals increase your chances of interviewing at Lighten by 2xGet notified about new Infrastructure Engineer jobs in Palo Alto, CA.Menlo Park, CA $170,000.00-$240,000.00 2 weeks agoSoftware Infrastructure Engineer - Build and ReleaseFremont, CA $116,000.00-$250,000.00 1 week agoMember of Technical Staff, Infrastructure EngineerSan Jose, CA $130,000.00-$182,000.00 2 months agoSunnyvale, CA $136,000.00-$200,000.00 5 days agoHayward, CA $100,000.00-$150,000.00 3 months agoSoftware Engineer - Datacenter networkingMenlo Park, CA $56.25-$173,000.00 2 weeks agoFremont, CA $107,000.00-$161,000.00 2 weeks agoFremont, CA $150,000.00-$160,000.00 1 month agoWe’re unlocking community knowledge in a new way. Experts add insights directly into each article, started with the help of AI. #J-18808-Ljbffr

Created: 2025-09-17