Infra Engineer - Data Centers

Railway (Headquarters: Remote)

Location: Remote (United States)   |   Full-Time
Data Center Infrastructure OS Primitives Monitoring Cabling Hardware Full Stack Engineer Back End Engineer Staff Engineer

Railway is a company that builds an operating system for developers, making it simple to deploy and manage applications. They are well-funded and have a distributed team across the globe. Their mission is to make software engineers higher leverage by providing powerful tools that reduce the time spent on setup and infrastructure management.

This role is for an Infra Engineer - Data Centers at Railway. In this position, you will be responsible for building ground-up infrastructure to deliver better-than-best-in-class experience to all of our users. This includes designing and building datacenters all over the world.

Key responsibilities include:

  • Built application level code.
  • Made use of OS primitives.
  • Delivered projects 0→N.
  • Operated with agency and urgency.
  • Had enough foresight to ship for today, design for 10x, and engineer for 100x in 18mo.
  • Communicated clearly using RFCs/Docs/etc.
  • Been oncall and know that you will be 1-2 weeks per quarter.
  • Constructed monitoring, alerts, and dashboards.

The ideal candidate should have:

  • Built application level code.
  • Made use of OS primitives.
  • Delivered projects 0→N.
  • Operated with agency and urgency.
  • Had enough foresight to ship for today, design for 10x, and engineer for 100x in 18mo.
  • Communicated clearly using RFCs/Docs/etc.
  • Been oncall and know that you will be 1-2 weeks per quarter.
  • Constructed monitoring, alerts, and dashboards.

Railway values autonomy, ownership, and craftsmanship. This is a high impact role with direct effect on company culture, trajectory, and outcome.

Post Date: June 17, 2025