Founding Engineer, Infrastructure
Founding Engineer, Infrastructure at Archon — San Francisco, CA, US
- Company: Archon
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US
- Employment type: FULL_TIME
- Salary: USD 130000–210000 / year
- Posted: 2026-07-17
About this role
The Role
We’re seeking a relentless infrastructure software engineer who thrives on intensity, autonomy, and impactful work. You'll build and maintain cutting-edge, automated systems that secure America’s public software—work that demands exceptional talent, persistence, and dedication.
This role is ideal for engineers who want substantial responsibility and aren't afraid of long hours tackling complex challenges. You’ll directly shape the architecture and execution strategy, navigating intricate regulatory requirements (FedRAMP, DoD SRG, DISA STIG, NIST 800-53) within highly sophisticated technical environments.
What You Can Expect:
Intensity: we move quickly and expect significant output and deep engagement.
Complete ownership: autonomy to design and implement mission-critical systems.
Immense impact: your efforts directly enhance national cybersecurity and compliance.
If you’re a talented, dedicated engineer ready to invest deeply in something genuinely important, we want to meet you.
Core Responsibilities
Building highly-available systems to orchestrate software deployment
Launching end-to-end infrastructure lifecycles from scoping to deployment
Balancing high speed with maintaining strict security and compliance standards
Developing foundational infrastructure that will be deployed across multiple production environments
What You Bring
U.S. Citizenship Required
Experience with Infrastructure as Code (IaC) including Docker, Helm, Jenkins, and Terraform
Familiarity with containers and orchestration (Kubernetes)
Strong software development experience with proficiency in languages like Java, C, or Go
Familiarity with cryptographic protocols, standards, and authentication including TLS, x509, and FIPS
Background developing automation solutions and CI/CD pipelines
System administration experience on Linux and an understanding of operating system fundamentals
Experience developing in highly regulated environments is strongly preferred
Our Technologies
Open-source technologies like Kubernetes and Jenkins
IaC tools including Docker, Helm, and Terraform
Azure and AWS for cloud
Alpine Linux
Salary
130,000-210,000