Infrastructure Engineer (Backend)
Counsel Health6 months ago
Manhattan, NY, USAMid Level / Senior
Base Salary
$180k - $225k/yr
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain cloud infrastructure using Terraform.
- Own and improve build, test, and deployment pipelines end-to-end.
- Write production backend services and contribute to core server-side systems.
- Build reusable deployment, job, consumer, and worker archetypes.
- Improve local development workflows, build times, infrastructure reliability, and internal developer tooling.
- Harden infrastructure through secrets management, IAM policies, network isolation, and audit logging in collaboration with security and compliance teams.
Requirements
- 3–5 years of professional experience in backend engineering, infrastructure engineering, or a hybrid of both.
- Strong proficiency in at least one strongly typed or compiled language such as Go, Rust, Java, Python, or TypeScript.
- Experience with AWS, GCP, or Azure cloud services.
- Familiarity with containerized environments and Docker.
- Hands-on Terraform or equivalent infrastructure-as-code experience is a bonus.
- Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines with GitHub Actions, CircleCI, or similar is a bonus.
- Kubernetes experience is a bonus.
- TypeScript/Node.js experience is a bonus.
- Experience in regulated environments such as HIPAA or SOC 2 is a strong plus.
Benefits
- NYC hybrid, Boston hybrid, or East Coast remote work arrangement
- Comprehensive healthcare, vision, and dental coverage
- 401(k)
- Unlimited PTO
- Parental leave
- Professional development and broad ownership opportunities
Tech Stack
AWSAzureCircleCIDockerGitHub ActionsGoGoogle Cloud PlatformJavaKubernetesNode.jsPostgreSQLPythonReactRedisRustTerraformTypeScript
About Counsel Health
Counsel Health builds an AI-enabled, physician-supervised primary care service delivered through secure messaging. It sells to health plans, consumer health solutions, employers, and health systems as a replacement for nurse advice lines and legacy telehealth, aiming to improve access while controlling costs. Founded in 2023 and headquartered in Boston, MA, the privately held company operates a vertically integrated medical group supported by custom clinical AI tools.