Infrastructure Engineer

The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is hiring a full-time Infrastructure Engineer to maintain and develop critical Python community infrastructure, including python.org, PyPI, and related services. The role involves operations, development, and community support, working remotely within the US.

Location: Remote, US only

Salary: $95K - 125K

Responsibilities

• Maintain and improve existing Linux infrastructure stacks
• Respond to alerts, debug outages, and keep services healthy
• Take part in bi-weekly on-call rotation, responding to incidents and outages
• Work in Kubernetes, Salt, nginx, PostgreSQL, and various cloud providers
• Capacity planning and resource management
• Maintain and develop features for PSF web properties (python.org, us.pycon.org)
• Write code, review PRs, and ship changes users interact with
• Support PyCon US technical operations
• Support PSF staff with technical needs and questions
• User support for services like python.org and psfmember.org
• Administrative support of services the PSF relies on
• Support volunteer contributors to PSF hosted services
• Support CPython core development and fiscal sponsorees
• Be helpful to people who maintain software in their spare time

Requirements

• 2-5 years of experience with Linux systems
• Some exposure to containers and orchestration
• Enough Python to be productive
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling (Salt, Ansible, Terraform, or similar)
• Django
• Linux administration
• Basic frontend knowledge
• Software testing

Benefits

• 401(k)
• generous health care
• dental
• vision
• PTO

Additional Information

• Location: Remote, US only. Must be authorized to work in the United States. Core hours aligned with EST.
• Compensation: $95K - 125K (depending on experience)
• Type: Full-time employee
• Travel: PyCon US annually