HartleyCo
Infrastructure Engineer
Requirements
Requires hands-on experience with GCP, Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools, containers, CI/CD, and production observability; AWS experience is also valued. Candidates should be comfortable supporting Node.js/TypeScript services and PostgreSQL in production, have a security-minded approach, and have owned infrastructure in a startup or small team.
Job Description
Infrastructure Engineer | £100,000 to £150,000 + equity | Full-time
About the company
A YC-backed AI startup, also backed by leading European VCs, that has grown 10x in the last year. They process large volumes of sensitive data for major enterprise customers, using AI agents to automate work that used to take teams of people days. The engineering team is small, senior and moves quickly.
The role
You’ll be the person who owns the infrastructure. There’s no platform team to hand things off to: you’ll make the key decisions on how the platform scales, keep it reliable and secure, and give the product and AI engineers a foundation they can ship on quickly. You’ll work directly with the founders and have a real say in how the company builds.
What you’ll be doing
- Owning cloud infrastructure end to end, from networking and environments to deployments and CI/CD
- Building and maintaining infrastructure as code
- Improving reliability, monitoring, alerting and incident response
- Leading on security and compliance as the company takes on larger enterprise customers
- Supporting production AI workloads, including LLM APIs, queues, latency and cost
- Keeping things simple, pragmatic and cost-effective as usage grows
What they’re looking for
- Strong hands-on experience with GCP (AWS also valued)
- Terraform or similar infrastructure-as-code tools
- Experience with containers, CI/CD and production observability
- Comfortable supporting Node.js/TypeScript services and PostgreSQL in production
- Security-minded, with exposure to compliance frameworks such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001 a plus
- Has owned infrastructure in a startup or small team, and prefers pragmatic solutions to over-engineering
What’s on offer
- £100,000 to £150,000 base plus meaningful equity
- 30 days a year working from anywhere, separate from annual leave
- Visa sponsorship available
- Private medical, pension and a fast-track promotion path
- On site in Central London with a high-energy, high-ownership team
Skills
About HartleyCo
Founded in 2019, HartleyCo is a boutique Technology and Finance Search Firm. Across the UK, US and Central Europe, we deliver Permanent and Interim Recruitment Solutions, Consulting Services and Executive Search. Our expert teams focus on: Technology • Generative AI and LLM • Software Engineering • GTM People • C Suite inc Chief of Staff & CTO • Co-founder Our clients include a diverse range of businesses, from innovative start-ups at the very beginning of their journey, to some of the world’s largest corporations. With a dedicated focus on the VC & Private Equity markets, we have a deep understanding of the unique dynamics involved in working with VC/PE firms and scaling their Portco's. Simply put, HartleyCo are trusted advisors who provide fantastic recruitment experiences. We’re not trying to reinvent the wheel. We listen, advise then action.