Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure)

As part of the Infrastructure Team, you will be part of a team that drives the implementation of core cloud infrastructure components and infrastructure/platform for cloud-native applications, creates tools and services that power our Engineering teams, and collaborates with them, influencing the design and delivery of our footprint.

The Security, Infrastructure & Platform team is a multidisciplinary group focused on scaling our systems securely and efficiently.

• We value pragmatism, ownership, and curiosity — always asking “how can we make this safer and faster?”

• We’re building a security-first engineering culture that doesn't slow teams down, but enables them to move fast responsibly.

The Cloud Infrastructure team provides the components that enable engineering productivity. You will work on building and maintaining cloud-native infrastructure through infrastructure as code, create toolsets and services for the delivery of applications and infrastructure components. Some of these components include container orchestration platforms like ECS, container provisioning engines, configuration and secrets management, provisioning Terraform modules, managing and updating database systems and others.

Within 3 months, you will:

• Dive deep into our existing cloud setup (AWS) and IaC (Terraform) to understand how services are deployed, secured, and monitored

• Improve or refactor CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions or similar) to reduce friction and improve deployment speed

• Implement guardrails for infrastructure changes, including cost visibility, IAM controls, and policy-as-code

• Work closely with developers to troubleshoot platform issues and ensure smooth delivery of features

Within 6 months, you will:

• Lead the redesign or scaling of key infrastructure components — such as networking, container orchestration (e.g., EKS), or secrets management

• Roll out infrastructure blueprints (e.g., templates for new services, databases, queues) with built-in security, monitoring, and scaling defaults

• Own and evolve our observability stack, improving logs, metrics, traces, and alerting standards across teams

• Drive cost-efficiency efforts by identifying cloud spend bottlenecks and setting up automated monitoring

Within 9 months, you will:

• Co-own the internal platform roadmap and collaborate with engineering leads to prioritize developer experience improvements

• Help design and implement multi-environment strategies (e.g., preview environments, canary deploys, infra versioning)

• Act as a subject matter expert in SRE and cloud security, supporting incident reviews and contributing to infra hardening

• Contribute to our long-term infra evolution, from managed services to self-hosted components, based on business needs

• Experience working with AWS.

• Understanding of cloud networking concepts like VPCs, load balancers, etc.

• Hands-on experience with container technologies like Docker.

• Understanding about cloud security concepts, specifically IAM roles and policies, encryption keys, security groups, etc.

• Experience working with infrastructure as code tools such as Terraform.

• Ability to code in at least one language/script language (e.g. Ruby, Python, Golang, Bash etc.)

• Experience with relational databases like PostgreSQL is a nice to have.

• Experience with continuous integration and continuous delivery pipelines using tools like Github Actions or CircleCI.

Please note that this role may evolve as our business needs change, so we appreciate your flexibility and adaptability.

What’s In It For You?

• Remote Flexibility: Enjoy the freedom of remote work from anywhere, balancing life and career seamlessly.

• Unforgettable Off-Sites: Twice a year, bond with colleagues in exciting destinations, fostering teamwork and fresh ideas.

• Paid Time Off and National Holidays: Enjoy 20 PTO days yearly and the National Holidays for relaxation and rejuvenation.

• Stock Options: Joining us means having a stake in our success, so you'll receive stock options as part of your compensation package.

• Home Office Setup: Create your ideal workspace with a dedicated budget for home office essentials.

• Work Trip Budget: Grow personally and professionally with a budget for work-related trips and co-working.

About Us

Clutch is a revolutionary vertical SaaS company, proudly backed by Andreessen Horowitz (A16z), aimed at revolutionizing the way Credit Unions engage and change the lives of their members. As a champion of financial well-being, we address the urgent need for affordable lending solutions in an era where the average American grapples with over $155,000 in household debt.  Unlike traditional financial institutions, Clutch develops software to turn Credit Unions into FinTech lenders and leverage their balance sheets to responsibly lend to over 130M Americans. Our mission extends beyond mere financial transactions; we strive to fundamentally enhance the way credit unions interact with their members. By integrating cutting-edge technologies and user-centric designs, we help credit unions provide seamless digital experiences that are on par with leading tech companies. This approach not only preserves but revitalizes the longstanding tradition of community and member-focused service inherent to credit unions.

Please note: This position is offered on a contractor basis. Applicants must have the necessary documentation and authorization to work in the country where the job is located. Clutch cannot provide sponsorship or assist with obtaining work permits for this role.

A Note About AI at Clutch
We love AI. We use it often and encourage our team to creatively and effectively leverage AI tools in their work. If you join Clutch, we hope you'll bring the same enthusiasm for exploring how AI can amplify impact, productivity, and innovation.

That said, during the interview process, we want to hear your thoughts. Please approach interviews without the use of AI tools—our goal is to get to know how you think, solve problems, and communicate. Once you're in the seat, bring on the prompts!