Role : Lead Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Function : Infrastructure / DevOps Engineering
Location : Remote (Global)
Type : Full-time
Compensation : INR 60-80 LPA plus significant ESOPs
Industry : AI-native SaaS, Productivity Software
About Company
The company is an early-stage, venture-backed SaaS provider reimagining how people create and share presentations. The product is the world's first AI-native slide platform and already serves 6,000+ teams after launching with a 100,000-person waitlist. Hundreds of decks are shared daily, and 85 % of surveyed users say they would be disappointed if the product disappeared. The company recently raised a US$7.5 million seed round from top-tier investors, giving it the runway to build a category-defining tool in a US$100 billion market. You will join a fully remote team spread across the United States, India, and Australia.
Position Overview
You lead the cloud infrastructure that powers a fast-growing, AI-native presentation platform. You design, secure, and scale backend services that delight thousands of global users every day. Your work keeps the platform reliable as the company pushes new real-time collaboration features and onboards ever-larger teams.
Role & Responsibilities
- Maintain and improve operational processes to deliver high availability, low latency, and rapid incident resolution for the live platform
- Provision and manage cloud resources to ensure scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency
- Apply security best practices and meet all relevant compliance standards across environments and deployments
- Architect end-to-end solutions, including database schemas and microservices, with a focus on resilience and performance
- Write and review backend code and build robust services that support the product roadmap
- Lead medium- to large-size features end-to-end in partnership with product and design
- Inject craft and attention to detail into micro-interactions and user-facing functionality
- Propose new ideas, drive innovation, and leave your unique mark on the product
- Share knowledge, mentor peers, and help shape a world-class engineering culture
- Participate in hiring processes and represent engineering values during candidate evaluations
Must have Criteria
5+ years of experience designing and implementing cloud infrastructureExpertise in Node.js, Python, JavaScript, and Bash or Shell scriptingHands-on experience with major cloud providers; AWS preferredDeep knowledge of cloud-native architectures, microservices, containerisation, and serverless computingProficiency with GitLab CI / CD, Docker, and KubernetesExperience using logging tools such as Loki or Splunk and monitoring stacks like Grafana, Prometheus, or DatadogStrong understanding of networking concepts and security principlesNice to Have
1–2 years at a renowned software company, ideally early in your careerBackground building text editors, online whiteboards, CMSs, or creator / developer toolsExperience developing real-time, multi-user collaboration features beyond basic CRUDContributions to open-source infrastructure or DevOps projectsTrack record at a design-centric organisation or in an SRE role at a growth-stage companyWhat We Offer
Chance to work on a category-defining product in a US$100 billion marketDesign-led culture that values product taste and craftsmanshipOwnership from day one—lead features, influence product direction, and grow new skillsFlexible, fully remote work with home-office reimbursement up to US$1,000 and the latest technologySupportive founding team backed by top investors and ample runway for long-term visionCompetitive salary, significant equity, and transparent conversations about your compensationSkills Required
Serverless Computing, Prometheus, Node.js, Grafana, Datadog, Microservices, Javascript, Docker, Splunk, Kubernetes, Python, Aws