Infrastructure Ops Engineer
Fly · Engineering · 19d ago
$90k – $200k
per year
Anyone, anywhere in the world can apply.
Applies on the original listing · via Himalayas
Who can apply
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Anyone, anywhere in the world can apply.
“You can live anywhere in the world; your work hours and holidays observed are up to you.”
Global team with completely flexible hours across time zones.
- Async-first
- Work hours are self-directed and documentation is heavily emphasized so work progresses when teammates are offline.
- Contractor / B2B
- No mention of hiring international contractors or invoicing.
- Global stipend
- No home office or equipment budget mentioned.
- Annual retreat
- No company-paid get-togethers mentioned.
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About the role
Infrastructure Ops engineers at Fly are the human-to-metal interface who manage the foundation everything else is built on. You will operate and automate a fleet of bare metal servers outnumbering the team 1000:1, handle Linux networking and kernel internals, and develop greenfield infrastructure-as-code and observability tooling with high autonomy.
What you'll do
- Build tools and systems to safely operate a massive fleet of bare metal servers.
- Work across Linux low-level systems including eBPF, LVM2, WireGuard, and policy routing.
- Develop green-field automation, infrastructure-as-code, observability, and alerting systems.
- Write documentation, guides, and frameworks so operations continue smoothly asynchronously.
- Triage incidents pragmatically and communicate transparently with users during disruptions.
What you bring
- Experience managing and troubleshooting Linux systems and network tooling.
- Ability to prioritize pragmatically and make autonomous product decisions.
- Strong habit of documentation and asynchronous technical communication.
- Enthusiasm for learning unfamiliar parts of the infrastructure stack.
- Clear written communication skills in English.
About Fly
Fly.io is a public cloud platform designed to run full-stack apps and databases close to users all over the world.
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