Infrastructure Engineer

Railway
United States
Workplace: RemoteFull timeFunction: DevOps, Cloud & InfrastructureSkills: ["Communication","Problem-solving","Grit","Prioritization","Ownership"]

Remote Infrastructure Engineer at Railway building system-level software from first principles, mastering OS primitives and distributed systems to create scalable, fault-tolerant services (Golang/Rust GRPC) that empower engineers across a small, highly autonomous startup. You’ll own high-impact features, contribute to company culture, and may be on-call to address runtime issues.

Loading

Loading job details...

Preparing the role view and application actions.

FursaFursa
Railway
Railway
2 years ago

Infrastructure Engineer

✓ Verified Job

Canonical indexed version, validated from employer's careers page.

Source: Company careers pageValidated by: Fursa AI
Last checked: 14 hours agoStatus: Live

Job Summary

Remote Infrastructure Engineer at Railway building system-level software from first principles, mastering OS primitives and distributed systems to create scalable, fault-tolerant services (Golang/Rust GRPC) that empower engineers across a small, highly autonomous startup. You’ll own high-impact features, contribute to company culture, and may be on-call to address runtime issues.
Location: United States
Workplace: Remote
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: DevOps, Cloud & Infrastructure

Key Responsibilities

  • •Build system-level software from scratch based on first principles, beyond typical kube-fits-all approaches.
  • •Develop expertise in OS-level primitives (CPU, memory, network, and kernel) to improve efficiency.
  • •Design and implement distributed systems with a balance of RAFT and PostgreSQL usage.
  • •Roll with the boring by creating Golang/Rust GRPC services to expose capabilities company-wide in a scalable and performant way.
  • •Operate in a high-impact, high-agency role with potential on-call responsibilities.

Pay and Benefits

Perks:Health InsuranceEquityEquipment Stipend

Key Requirements

  • •Strong understanding of distributed systems and the ability to build fault-tolerant, resilient, and scalable services.
  • •Intuition for how long solutions will last in a startup context (2-3 orders of magnitude, or 12-18 months).
  • •Ability to implement solutions, monitor for errors, and document requirements for when you are not around.
  • •Strong prioritization and direction when dealing with ambiguity in an early-stage startup.
  • •Grit to dive into problems, implement solutions, scale them, and replace when needed, with great communication skills.
Experience:Distributed systemsStartup
Skills:CommunicationProblem-solvingGritPrioritizationOwnership
Tech Stack:GolangRustGRPCPostgreSQLRAFTOS primitivesKernelCPUMemoryNetwork

Company Brief

Railway
Provides a developer-focused, zero-ops cloud platform to deploy, run and manage applications and databases with minimal configuration; targets engineers and AI-native teams seeking faster, simpler infrastructure.
Industry: Cloud Computing
Company Size: Small (11 to 50 employees)
Growth: Growth Stage Startup
Funding: Series B
Headquarters: San Francisco, United States
Founded: 2020
WebsiteLinkedInGlassdoor