You can learn about what we’re doing at lava on our website: lava.xyz. We recommend you take a thorough look through everything before applying.

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What you will be doing

• Own and maintain infrastructure across multiple environments
• Drive infrastructure initiatives focused on performance, security, reliability, and observability
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and automate build, test, and deploy workflows
• Design, implement, and maintain infrastructure-as-code
• Collaborate closely with the engineering team to boost developer productivity

What we look for in you

• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes and container orchestration
• Deep understanding of CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and security best practices
• Strong understanding of networking concepts and application protocols, especially TCP/IP, DNS, TLS, and HTTP/S
• Proficiency with one or more of: Rust, Go, Java
• You live in NYC, or you’re willing to relocate — this role is in-office 5 days/week

Nice to haves

• Experience owning infrastructure end-to-end at an early-stage startup
• Experience managing developer portals (backstage.io, etc)