Staff Software Engineer, SandboxAQ

• We are looking for a builder who thinks in distributed systems, not just configuration files. If you are passionate about writing code to solve infrastructure problems and architecting multi-region environments that require zero human intervention, this role is for you
• 5+ years of production experience in an Infrastructure, Platform, or Developer Productivity role
• Strong proficiency for developing SDKs, CLIs or APIs (Go, Python, Kotlin)
• Extensive experience designing, building, and maintaining complex orchestration pipelines
• Deep expertise in Kubernetes, containerization and container orchestration
• Production experience with large scale distributed systems
• Experience managing Infrastructure as Code (IaC) with tools like Terraform, Helm
• Extensive cloud provider experience with AWS or GCP

Desirable

• The Cybersecurity Group at SandboxAQ is looking for a Staff Infrastructure Engineer to build the engineering platform for AQtive Guard, our groundbreaking Cryptographic Posture Management and AI Security Posture Management products. As we deploy globally with major organizations like top-tier financial institutions and government agencies, the speed, quality, and security of our software delivery are critical to our success
• As we scale our SaaS product globally to major financial institutions and government agencies, we face complex challenges in security, latency, and reliability. We treat infrastructure as a product
• In this role, you will engineer a self-service Cloud Platform as a product. You will write software to automate infrastructure provisioning, build Kubernetes operators, and create internal APIs that allow our services to scale autonomously. You will apply software engineering rigor—testing, modularity, and versioning—to our infrastructure codebase
• Engineer the Platform: Design and build our internal self-service Cloud Platform as a Product. You will develop production-grade software that automates the provisioning, scaling, and lifecycle management of our global infrastructure
• Architect Scalable, Resilient Cloud: Lead the design of highly available, multi-region cloud architectures (AWS/GCP) for low-latency, high-throughput security services, making key decisions on distributed systems, state management, and disaster recovery
• Extend Kubernetes: Build and maintain custom Kubernetes Controllers, Operators, and CRDs to orchestrate complex, stateful workloads and enforce best practices automatically
• Infrastructure as Code (IaC) Rigor: Apply software engineering standards to IaC. Architect reusable Terraform/OpenTofu modules, implement automated infrastructure testing (Terratest), and enforce GitOps (ArgoCD) for deterministic deployments
• Build Developer Tooling: Design and code CLIs, APIs, and SDKs to abstract infrastructure complexity for product engineers while enforcing security and compliance guardrails
• Drive Technical Excellence: Mentor engineers on cloud-native patterns, review infrastructure code, and champion a culture of automation