About Us
IR Labs is the innovation lab inside Integrated Research where small, cross‑functional squads chase outsized, industry‑defining opportunities. We operate like a funded startup—rapid sprints, bold experimentation, zero bureaucracy—backed by the global footprint and resources of a public company. Our charter is simple: turn cutting‑edge AI research into products that customers can’t imagine working without. We target the hardest problems in software and then move fast to ship solutions that create 10x impact. If you thrive on autonomy, crave world‑class technical challenges, and want to see your ideas hit production quickly, IR Labs is your launch pad. Join us and help build the future—one breakthrough at a time.
What You’ll Do
- Serve as the founding infrastructure engineer, building the core platform that scales the company and raises the reliability bar.
- Establish secure, repeatable IaC/GitOps patterns (Terraform/CloudFormation) and automated delivery (GitHub Actions, ArgoCD).
- Partner with teams pre-GA on design reviews, capacity planning, and readiness.
- Define and drive SLIs/SLOs/SLAs and an error-budget culture for services and ops.
- Eliminate toil with end-to-end automation across provisioning, config, testing, and operations.
- Co-design platforms with ML, backend, and security to safely power AI/ML workloads.
- Architect multi-region resilience—backup, DR, and failover—balancing availability, consistency, and cost.
- Advance observability and incident excellence; make smart bets on emerging infra tools.
- Codify production engineering standards and coach teams toward operational excellence.
What You Bring to the Table
- 8+ years operating high-availability, fault-tolerant distributed systems with IaC and GitOps.
- Strong coding in Go/Python/Rust plus solid shell skills; comfortable extending Kubernetes via CRDs.
- Deep Kubernetes/EKS expertise; mastery of containerization and service networking.
- Hands-on with AWS primitives (VPC, EC2, S3, IAM, RDS) and multi-region traffic/failover.
- Observability pro (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Fluentd, Jaeger) with strong RCA/incident chops.
- Security fundamentals: IAM, secrets management, and compliance guardrails (SOC2/HIPAA/GDPR).
- Experience building secure, self-service platforms (SDKs/APIs/portals, e.g., Backstage/TypeScript).
- Proven SRE practice—SLIs/SLOs, error budgets—and strong testing, reviews, and CI/CD habits.
- Clear communicator and mentor who thrives in fast-moving environments and collaborates across ML, data, and backend teams.
Our job descriptions often reflect our ideal candidate. If you have a strong foundation of relevant skills and a passion for this field, we encourage you to apply, even if you don't check every box.
What We Offer
- High Impact – Ship real features in weeks, not quarters
- Cutting-Edge Tech – Work to solve problems no one has cracked before.
- Remote & Flexible – Work from anywhere with a culture built on trust, autonomy, and balance.
- Growth & Ownership – Own features end-to-end, learn rapidly, and grow with the company as we scale.
- Top-Tier Compensation – Competitive salary, performance bonuses, equity upside, and strong benefits.
- Team & Culture – Small, senior team that values collaboration, creativity, and building something meaningful together.
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- 401k with Employer Contributions
- Paid Time Off & Birthday Leave
- Health Savings Account (HSA) Contributions with High Deductible Health Plan
- Short-Term/Long-Term Disability Insurance
- And more!
Compensation Range
- $180,000 - $200,000 base
- $50,000 - $60,000 variable compensation
Actual compensation offer to candidate may vary from posted hiring range based upon geographic location, work experience, education, and/or skill level. The pay ratio between base pay and target incentive (if applicable) will be finalized at the offer stage.
At IR we celebrate, support, and thrive on difference for the benefit of our employees, our products, and our community. We are proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer and encourage applications from all suitable candidates; we never discriminate based on race, religion, national origin, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, age, or marital, veteran, or disability status.
