Founding Infrastructure Engineer

Tembo
Tembo

Other Engineering

Posted on Jun 10, 2026

About Tembo

We're building tools that automate engineering work so developers can focus on what matters. Our team is small, flat, and talent-dense. We value people who are honest, resourceful, and ready to ship. We like hard problems, fast iteration, and strong opinions loosely held.

What you'll do

  • -Build and scale sandbox environments for running background coding agents
  • -Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP and Azure
  • -Develop and improve CI/CD pipelines for rapid, reliable deployments
  • -Build observability and monitoring systems to ensure platform reliability
  • -Collaborate with product and engineering teams to ship infrastructure that scales
  • -Participate in on-call rotations and incident response

What we're looking for

  • -Strong experience with AWS, Nix/NixOS, Docker, and TypeScript
  • -Proficiency with at least one other cloud platform (GCP, Azure)
  • -Solid understanding of networking, security, and Linux systems
  • -Good communication skills and ability to work in a distributed team

Bonus points

  • -Experience at an early-stage startup
  • -Based in a tech-hub (SF, NYC, London, etc)
  • -Former founder

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