Founding Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (AI Platform)

About this role

About this Role

*We're looking for a Founding AWS Cloud Engineer to build the infrastructure that powers Valerie's AI-native platform.This is a 0→1 opportunity. There are no legacy systems to maintain or existing architectures to work around. You'll design, build, and scale our cloud infrastructure from the ground up, making the technical decisions that shape the platform for years to come.*

*You'll work across cloud infrastructure, DevSecOps, distributed systems, and AI infrastructure, partnering closely with Product, AI, and Engineering teams to build secure, scalable, and reliable systems that support the next generation of AI-powered products.*

You could be a great fit if...

• You enjoy building cloud infrastructure from scratch rather than maintaining legacy systems.
• You have deep experience with AWS and know how to design secure, scalable, and resilient architectures.
• You think in systems and enjoy making technical decisions that will support long-term growth.
• You're comfortable owning everything from Infrastructure as Code and CI/CD pipelines to observability and production reliability.
• You enjoy working closely with engineers, AI teams, and product teams to bring new ideas into production.
• You're passionate about automation and believe infrastructure should be repeatable, secure, and easy to scale.
• You understand the unique challenges of AI-native applications and enjoy building the infrastructure that powers them.
• You're proactive, take ownership, and don't wait for someone else to solve problems.

Requirements

• Strong hands-on experience building and managing production infrastructure on AWS.
• Deep knowledge of core AWS services, including EC2, ECS, VPC, IAM, S3, RDS, Route 53, CloudFront, CloudWatch, and Load Balancers.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code using Terraform (preferred) or AWS CloudFormation.
• Strong experience with Docker, containerized environments, and CI/CD pipelines.
• Solid understanding of...