Infrastructure Engineer, Workera
Skills intelligence platform
Job no longer available
Skills intelligence platform
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
201-500 employees
Company mission
To empower individuals and organizations to thrive by understanding, measuring, and improving their skills - across any skill - at any time.
Role
Who you are
- Minimum 3+ years of professional experience in infrastructure engineering or related fields
- Proficiency in Kubernetes (k8s) and its ecosystems (Argo tools, Linkerd, CertManager, Grafana, Prometheus)
- Extensive experience with AWS and GCP cloud platforms
- Strong expertise in Terraform (and Terragrunt) for infrastructure as code
- In-depth understanding of security best practices and implementation
- Experience with CI/CD tools and processes, including GitHub Actions
- Knowledge of monitoring tools and practices (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana)
- Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
- Experience with disaster recovery planning and implementation
What the job involves
- We are in search of a highly skilled Infrastructure Engineer to enhance our technical Platform Team
- You will play a pivotal role in crafting, optimizing, and maintaining the robust infrastructure that underpins our cutting-edge projects
- As an Infrastructure Engineer, you'll have a unique opportunity to ensure our systems are resilient and scalable
- In this role, you'll be responsible for architecting and implementing infrastructure solutions that support our applications
- You will collaborate closely with cross-functional teams, applying your expertise to ensure system availability, security, and performance
- Within 3 months, you will:
- Design, deploy, and manage advanced infrastructure solutions, focusing on Kubernetes clusters and its ecosystems (Argo tools, Linkerd, CertManager, Grafana, Prometheus)
- Develop and maintain infrastructure using Terraform and Terragrunt
- Manage cloud environments, primarily AWS and GCP
- Implement and manage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions to ensure seamless integration and delivery
- Ensure the security, stability, and performance of our infrastructure components, employing industry best practices and monitoring tools
- Contribute to the automation of deployment processes, scaling mechanisms, and performance monitoring
- Within 6 months, you will:
- Demonstrate a deep understanding of infrastructure engineering concepts, playing a key role in managing Kubernetes clusters, cloud environments, and infrastructure as code
- Actively contribute to optimizing infrastructure and enhancing system performance and reliability
- Collaborate with the development team to support infrastructure needs and improve system performance
- Drive improvements in the automation of deployment processes, scaling mechanisms, and performance monitoring
- Work on initiatives that enhance security, infrastructure stability, and compliance within the organization
- Within 9 months, you will:
- Lead significant infrastructure projects, demonstrating your ability to architect and implement complex solutions that meet business needs
- Play a central role in shaping the organization's infrastructure strategy, helping to determine the technology roadmap and innovations
- Take ownership of key infrastructure governance and reliability initiatives, improving the stability and consistency of systems across the organization
- Act as a subject matter expert in infrastructure engineering, providing guidance and leadership to the team and contributing to knowledge sharing across the organization
Our take
Companies are struggling to find a learning platform that can upskill and reskill their talent quickly, in accordance with the fast development of the technology used in different key roles such as data science, machine learning, and artificial intelligence.
Workera is an upskilling startup that helps companies evaluate their data and AI capabilities and provide their employees with personalized learning plans to keep them updated on the latest technologies and practices. The company uses AI and machine learning to evaluate the current skillset's within a company and to design a learning plan that will help businesses' workforce reach a particular level of understanding of new technology.
Recently, the company strengthened its enterprise footprint through a partnership with Udemy. The collaboration brings together Workera's AI-powered skills assessment with Udemy's global learning marketplace, creating an end-to-end solution that allows organizations to identify capability gaps and deliver more targeted training.
As demand for GenAI and advanced technical skills continues to grow, this partnership puts Workera at the centre of a more integrated, data-driven approach to workforce development, helping enterprise move beyond just one-off courses and toward continuous upskilling.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
52% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 3 rounds)
Mar 2023
$23.5m
SERIES B
Aug 2021
$16m
SERIES A
Total funding: $44.5m
Company HQ
Ventura, Palo Alto, CA
Leadership
Kian Katanforoosh
(Co-Founder & CEO)Alongside Workera, Kian is an Adjunct Lecturer at Stanford University and a Scout at Sequoia Capital. Previously he co-founded Daskit.
Adam Lavezzo
(COO)Prior to joining Workera in 2023, Adam spent nearly 6 years at BetterUp as a VP of Operations/Revenue Strategy & Operations. He also spent 6 years at Bain & Company as a Consultant and Manager.
Tim DaRosa
(CRO)Tim joined Workera in 2024 as CMO, moving into the role of CRO in 2026. Previously, he was the Head of Marketing at Airkit.ai and CMO at Zadara.He also spent over 3 years at HackerOne as VP, then Senior VP of Marketing.
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