Staff Infrastructure Engineer
Savvy WealthBase Salary
$251k - $273k/yr
Responsibilities
- Set architecture and technical direction for Savvy’s AWS and EKS footprint, including cluster topology, networking, IAM boundaries, and cost.
- Audit the existing infrastructure, identify weaknesses, and execute remediation while the business continues shipping.
- Define OpenTofu module structure, state management, deployment contracts, and engineering platform standards.
- Build SLOs, meaningful alerting, incident response processes, and on-call practices.
- Own production Postgres, Redis, and background job systems, including upgrades, failover, and capacity planning.
- Build tooling and internal services that create a reliable paved road for product engineers.
- Design and operate the compute layer for coding agents and LLM workloads.
- Mentor engineers who have been handling infrastructure work part-time.
Requirements
- At least 3 years as the escalation point for production Kubernetes clusters, including upgrades, control plane, networking, and incidents.
- Experience taking over an existing infrastructure platform, evaluating what to retain or replace, and executing improvements without interrupting the business.
- Experience working on an infrastructure team of five or fewer where operational mistakes had material business, customer, or compliance consequences.
- Ability to build software such as controllers, CLIs, deployment systems, or internal services used by other engineers.
- Deep Terraform or OpenTofu experience covering module design, state management, and infrastructure drift.
- Production experience operating Postgres, including connection management, upgrades, and failover.
- Practical experience establishing useful CI/CD and observability practices.
- Fluency with agentic coding tools such as Claude Code, Codex, or similar, with informed opinions about infrastructure for LLM and agent workloads.
- Experience operating Rails, Sidekiq, Django, Java, or another stateful monolithic application is preferred.
- Fintech or regulated-industry experience is preferred.
- Experience migrating from a managed PaaS to self-managed infrastructure is preferred.
Benefits
- Competitive salary and equity package.
- Unlimited PTO and paid company holidays.
- Medical, dental, and vision plans.
- Company 401(k), commuter, and HSA/FSA plans.
- NYC office in Manhattan.
- Lunch and snacks provided in the office.
- Virtual mental health care through Spring Health and health concierge support through Rightway.
- Guardian WorkLifeMatters EAP counseling for stress management, dependent care, nutrition, fitness, legal, and financial issues.
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About Savvy Wealth
Savvy Wealth is the trusted partner for independent financial advisors, combining infrastructure, service, and intelligent tools to make great advice easier to deliver. Disclosure: Savvy Wealth, Inc. is a tech company and the parent company of Savvy Advisors, Inc. All advisory services are offered through Savvy Advisors, Inc., an investment advisor registered with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC”). The AI used on Savvy Wealth’s advisor platform is not intended to replace human advice. The AI technology efficiently automates and streamlines processes like new account onboarding, ongoing financial planning and personalized communications across multiple marketing channels. The AI is not intended to interact with retail clients of Savvy Advisors, nor does the AI provide client-facing investment advice or investment decisions.