Cloud Engineer
About Arena: Arena is a Series A company backed by top-tier investors such as CRV, Redpoint and Craft Ventures. Arena offers a unique work environment and the chance to collaborate with diverse teammates across multiple countries, with a culture of ownership (autonomy, growth, and responsibility). We are a startup created in Silicon Valley with a mission to build communities for creators, publishers and brands with the power of AI. Companies using Arena include Disney, Reuters, Fox, Red Bull and NFL. We have +2,000 customers in 150 countries and with +50M users having conversations on Arena per month and engaging with our Agent AI. Sometimes you're stuck in a job that doesn't make sense. Refactoring code from ages ago, the stack is miles away from what it's supposed to be. If you love a good challenge, enjoy solving meaningful problems, and want to be a part of one of the fastest-growing AI startups in the Silicon Valley — then Arena is the company you're looking for. The challenges: Real-time messaging infrastructure supporting 100,000 concurrent users per customer application; High performance systems with API responses in the 10ms range; Highly scalable architecture using auto-scaling policies, distributed systems and container orchestration; High availability infrastructure powering homepages of some of the most visited websites and apps on the internet; Managing distributed databases for our Data Platform storing every user engagement; Building infrastructure that enables product teams to ship fast with reliability and observability. Our Stack: AWS; DigitalOcean; Terraform; Docker; GitHub & GitHub Actions; Node; React; TypeScript; Vercel; Datadog; CloudWatch; Kong API Gateway; Cloudflare; Varnish. Work Experience: 3–5 years of relevant DevOps / Infrastructure / SRE experience. Must-Have Experience: AWS infrastructure experience with: ECS (Fargate); Lambda; RDS (PostgreSQL); DocumentDB (MongoDB compatible); S3; CloudFront; API Gateway; WAF; SES; IAM; VPC networking. Infrastructure as Code using Terraform; CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions (or similar); Containerization using Docker and container orchestration with ECS; Strong networking fundamentals: load balancers, DNS, VPNs, firewalls, CDNs; Monitoring and observability using Datadog, CloudWatch, Prometheus or similar; Database operations with MongoDB/DocumentDB and PostgreSQL; Fluent written and spoken English.
Nice-to-Have
Experience: Kong API Gateway or other gateway technologies (NGINX, Envoy); DigitalOcean infrastructure; Varnish cache configuration and CDN optimization; FinOps and cloud cost optimization; Cloudflare DNS/CDN management; Serverless frameworks for Lambda deployments; OpenVPN configuration and administration; Experience with high-scale systems (1M+ concurrent connections). Example Projects You’ll Be Working on: Build fully redundant production environment with automated switchover capabilities; Build fully automated CI/CD pipeline; Build fully automated production scaling system; Build fully automated monitoring and early-warning systems; Implement SOC 2 / ISO 27001 compliance; Monitor and maintain systems security and data privacy. We also have some sweet perks like: 🔥 Be a part of the team in Silicon Valley and join a global team 💪 A team of exceptional engineers leading the cutting-edge AI Agents. 💶 Competitive salary package & benefits ⛱️ 4 weeks of paid time-off 📖 Learning and Development budget 🚀 Key moment to join Arena in terms of growth and opportunities 💻 Ability to put your stamp on real-world AI applications that serve millions of users. 📚 Fast-learning environment, entrepreneurial and strong team spirit 🌍 Multiple nationalities: cosmopolite & multi-cultural mindset 💆♀️ Our people matter, work-life balance is important at Arena