Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer (up to $250k)

About the Role

Restate builds a lightweight runtime that turns AI agents, workflows, and backend services into durable processes — so engineering teams can focus on business logic rather than failure mechanics. The runtime ships as a single Rust binary with a custom storage layer, low-latency orchestration, and an analytics engine for observability, and it already runs critical financial workflows for Fortune 500 enterprises and Tier 1 banks. This role spans all four product pillars: OSS, on-prem deployments, multi-tenant SaaS (Restate Cloud), and BYOC (bring-your-own-cloud).

What They're Looking For

• You've operated production SaaS or platform infrastructure at staff-level scope, with strong opinions about how to run multi-tenant systems formed from real failure modes
• You have deep working knowledge of at least one major cloud provider's architecture, and ideally experience navigating multiple
• You've designed and run large-scale Kubernetes-based stateful workloads, balancing continuous delivery with safety while maintaining production systems
• You're fluent in a systems language (Rust, Go, or C++) and are willing to learn Rust on the job if you don't already have it
• You're hands-on at staff level — you've done the architectural work, but you're equally comfortable taking a problem from design through to production operations
• You have an appreciation for operating in compliance-sensitive environments — Restate's customer base includes regulated financial institutions
• (Bonus) Kubernetes operator development, or hands-on IaC depth in Cluster API, Crossplane, or Terraform

About Restate

Restate is a lightweight runtime for durable AI agents, workflows, and backend services. Founded in 2022 and headquartered in Berlin, the team is around 16 people working remotely across Europe with active US expansion. The founders are creators of Apache Flink and leaders from Meta's messaging infrastructure, and the company is Seed-funded with backing from Redpoint Ventures and angels including the founders of Confluent and Datadog. Customers include Fortune 500 enterprises, Tier 1 banks running critical financial workflows, and frontier AI startups building production-grade agents.

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