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Job description
At Railway, we make it simple to ship software. A lot goes into that, but beneath it all is the physical hardware that powers our platform. This role bridges the universe of atoms, to the universe of bits.
The Infrastructure Engineering team owns the substrate Railway operate on, from the fiber-optic transceiver to the orchestrator that places workloads across our fleet - all tightly integrated and engineered for speed. As an engineer focused on Datacenters, you will drive how we convert dollars into operational compute. Your responsibilities will range from selecting datacenter facilities, transits and hardware to building and evolving the software tooling that lets our small team scale with leverage.
Curious? Learn more in our blog post about this team and the great work they're doing: So You Want to Build Your Own Data Center and Claude please rack me a datacenter, make no mistakes.
Want to learn about our work culture? Here is a multi-part blog series that will help you see the unique ways our team works (Parts 1, 2, 3, and 4).
About the role
For this role, you will:
Build automation for infrastructure (provisioning, configuration management, orchestration, etc.)
Design and procure $10m+ compute hardware per quarter
Manage and orchestrate supply chains and vendor relationships globally
Design rack layouts and floor maps for optimal efficiency
Construct monitoring, alerts, and dashboards to notify you before things break
Build operational processes to enable smooth hardware repairs, upgrades and installations
Own and evolve our in-house DCIM and provisioning system: Railyard
Be oncall 1-2 weeks per quarter
Communicate clearly using RFCs/Docs/etc to break up + deliver large, nebulous tasks
This is a high impact, high agency role with direct effect on company culture, trajectory, and outcome.
About you
Posses strong Linux fundamentals (networking, storage, performance tuning, debugging at the OS layer)
Have prior experience with hardware deployments or working in operations-heavy environments
Delivered projects 0→N. Lead it, scaled it, seen your "brilliant solutions" become tech debt, etc
Operated with agency and urgency (bonus points if remotely!)
Had enough foresight to ship for today, design for 10x, and engineer for 100x in 18mo
Built the confidence to say no to 99% of things, and the grit to deliver the 1% that matter
We value and love to work with diverse persons from all backgrounds
Things to Know
For better or worse, we're a startup; our team dynamics are different from companies of different sizes and stages.
Benefits and perks
At Railway, we provide best in class benefits. Great salary, full health benefits including dependents, strong equity grants, equipment stipend, and much more. For more details, check back on the main careers page.
Beyond compensation, there are a few things that we believe that make working at Railway truly unique:
How We Hire
No tricks. No surprises. Here's the entire process.
Talk with us about the role
This is completely open ended and we're just trying to see who you are, what you want to do, and where you wanna go.
Work on a small project to discuss in the interview
Asynchronously implement the following:
Design a datacenter procurement, buildout, and management process from scratch
Interview Structure (60 Minutes):
Pre-work (before your interview): Complete your solution (advised)
0-5m: introduction
5-50m: Building (or expanding) your solution
50-60m: Questions on Railway/Tech/etc
You can, and SHOULD! ask us questions ahead of time. Ask away!
Review your solution with the Team
You'll sit down with someone on the team and go over the above. We'll poke into your solution, as well as get you acquainted with two more members of the team.
Looking for: Learn about your problem solving skills. How you break down a problem and how you present a solution.
Meet the Team
You'll meet the Team, which will be comprised of 4 people from vastly different sections of the company.
Looking for: How you work with the rest of the team and communicate.
Chat with CEO
Sit down with our founder and CEO for 30 minutes. This is a 1:1, open ended conversation.
Offer call
Finally, we will present the offers, hammer out the details about your position, tee up onboarding, and start our journey together.
Final Note: The interview goes both ways. Once again, please ask us things. Many things! Hard things. That's what we're here for.
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Job details are sourced from the employer's original posting.
Open job postingAbout the company
Railway's mission is to make software engineers higher leverage by providing powerful tools that allow them to spend less time setting up and more time doing. They are building the infrastructure that powers the Railway engine.