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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 71 days Kikoff's roles stay open a median of 69 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 9% of Kikoff's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at Kikoff
- high 37 stale, 0 reposted of 54 open
- Hiring momentum
- 73 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-24
Measured from postings appearing on and disappearing from Kikoff's own greenhouse board since 2026-08-03. Full hiring picture for Kikoff.
About this role
As a Staff Infrastructure Engineer at Kikoff, you will be responsible for designing and implementing self-service infrastructure on AWS, focusing on improving delivery speed and reliability while reducing operational burdens. Your role involves building critical platform systems, automating processes, and collaborating with engineering teams to create durable solutions that enhance productivity. You will also set technical direction, review code, and lead through incidents, ensuring high standards for system reliability and security.
- benefits
- 1/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 4/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
Scored from the posting itself — how clearly the role is described, how much it says about pay and benefits, and how recently it was listed. Not a judgement of Kikoff as an employer.
What you need
- 7+ years of infrastructure, platform, or software engineering experience
- Sustained ownership of a consequential production system
- Strong coding skills in TypeScript, Python, Go, Ruby, or a similar language
- Production experience with AWS, infrastructure as code, containers, CI/CD, observability, and security boundaries
- Experienced generalist judgment with depth in at least one infrastructure domain
- Track record of building platform capabilities adopted by engineers
Nice to have
- Deep experience in observability, developer productivity, cloud compute, networking, storage, data infrastructure, or security
- Experience with Pulumi and TypeScript on AWS, including ECS or Fargate, k8s, RDS, S3, Lambda, VPC, and IAM
- Experience building and operating an early-stage platform through rapid growth in fintech or another regulated environment
What you get
- Base Range: $307,000 — $352,000 USD
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work options
- Fast-paced startup environment may involve ambiguity and rapid changes
- Focus on infrastructure as a product may require strong problem-solving skills
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Listed by Kikoff on their greenhouse job board, last confirmed open on 2026-10-24. PitchMeAI is not the employer.
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