Platform Engineer (Platform Infrastructure)

Constructor is the next-generation platform for search and discovery in e-commerce, built to explicitly optimize for metrics like revenue, conversion rate, and profit. Our search engine is entirely invented in-house, utilizing transformers and generative LLMs, and we use its core and personalization capabilities to power everything from search itself to recommendations to shopping agents. Engineering is by far our largest department, and we’ve built our proprietary engine to be the best on the market, having never lost an A/B test to a competitive technology. We’re passionate about maintaining this and work on the bleeding edge of AI to do so.

Out of necessity, our engine is built for extreme scale and powers over 1 billion queries every day across 150 languages and roughly 100 countries. It is used by some of the biggest e-commerce companies in the world like Sephora, Under Armour, and Petco.

We’re a passionate team who love solving problems and want to make our customers’ and coworkers’ lives better. We value empathy, openness, curiosity, continuous improvement, and are excited by metrics that matter. We believe that empowering everyone in a company to do what they do best can lead to great things.

Constructor is a U.S.-based company that has been in the market since 2019. It was founded by Eli Finkelshteyn and Dan McCormick, who still lead the company today.

About the Role

You’re a cloud-focused Infrastructure Engineer with a strong background in platform engineering, DevOps, and a passion for automating and optimizing infrastructure at scale. You thrive in environments that offer autonomy, but you also enjoy collaborating with diverse teams to drive innovative solutions. With solid hands-on experience in AWS and Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC), you are adept at designing, building, and maintaining highly reliable cloud infrastructure. Your problem-solving skills and proactive attitude make you a go-to person for infrastructure advice and guidance.

As a Cloud Infrastructure Engineer on our distributed Constructor platform engineering team, you’ll play a key role in shaping and scaling the backbone of our infrastructure. You’ll collaborate closely with software engineers to ensure their infrastructure needs are met, work with platform teams to design scalable, high-performance systems, and partner with security experts to implement cutting-edge security practices.

Requirements

• Experience: 3+ years of hands-on experience in DevOps, SRE, or platform engineering, with a focus on cloud infrastructure.
• Cloud Expertise: Deep experience in AWS infrastructure management and automation tools like CloudFormation, CDK, or Terraform.
• Monitoring & Observability: Proficiency in monitoring systems such as Prometheus, Elasticsearch, VictoriaMetrics, or similar tools, with a focus on ensuring high availability and performance.
• Provide Expert Guidance: Advise software engineers on best practices and strategies for managing infrastructure, ensuring seamless integration with application development workflows.
• Build & Scale Infrastructure: Design and implement new solutions to enhance system reliability, scalability, and observability across our AWS infrastructure.
• Optimize & Innovate: Continuously evaluate and improve existing systems, finding smarter, more efficient ways to deliver infrastructure solutions.
• Cross-Account AWS Management: Set up, maintain, and scale cross-account AWS environments, ensuring security and compliance are always top priorities.
• Enhance CI/CD Pipelines: Improve continuous integration and continuous delivery workflows to streamline development and deployment cycles.
• Automate & Streamline: Automate critical infrastructure updates and other routine processes to reduce manual intervention and increase operational efficiency.

Benefits

• Unlimited vacation time - we strongly encourage all of our employees to take at least 3 weeks per year.
• Fully remote team - choose where you live.
• Work from home stipend! We want you to have the resources you need to set up your home office.
• Apple laptops provided for new employees.
• Training and development budget for every employee, refreshed each year.
• Maternity & Paternity leave for qualified employees.
• Work with smart people who will help you grow and make a meaningful impact.
• This position has a base salary range between $80k and $120k USD. The offer varies on many factors including job related knowledge, skills, experience, and interview results.
• Regular team offsites to connect and collaborate.

Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion at Constructor

At Constructor.io we are committed to cultivating a work environment that is diverse, equitable, and inclusive. As an equal opportunity employer, we welcome individuals of all backgrounds and provide equal opportunities to all applicants regardless of their education, diversity of opinion, race, color, religion, gender, gender expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, veteran status or affiliation in any other protected group.

Studies have shown that women and people of color may be less likely to apply for jobs unless they meet every one of the qualifications listed. Our primary interest is in finding the best candidate for the job. We encourage you to apply even if you don’t meet all of our listed qualifications.