Principal Software Engineer - Infrastructure ($150K-$250K) Portalegre

Overview

We-'re building Ambar - the platform that collapses software development from years to weeks. It-'s a fundamental reimagining of how software gets built. You-'ll architect the infrastructure that makes this possible across cloud, prem, and gapped environments.

Why Ambar?

Everyone-'s racing to make coding faster with AI. But coding is only a small part of building software. There-'s a lot more: business context, requirements, discovery, architecture decisions, integration patterns. We-'re building the system that handles all of it.

Ambar is a platform that helps humans and AI work together to collect business context, and convert it into running systems. We-'ve already used our approach to ship enterprise applications in weeks that typically take months. Now
- 're productizing it.

Work with the very best engineers and leave your mark on the next layer of abstraction for building software.

The Role

We-'ll own the infrastructure that makes Ambar work everywhere - from startups running in the cloud to enterprises with gapped prem requirements. This role has level scope from day one.

Core challenges
- 'll tackle:

• Design the unified Kubernetes architecture that runs identically in AWS, GCP, Azure, and bare metal
• Build the control plane that manages deployments across isolated environments
• Architect the licensing systems that work even in gapped deployments
• Design the deployment pipeline that takes generated applications from code to production automatically

What We-'re Looking For

You-'ve built infrastructure that other engineers relied on. You-'ve likely:

• Worked building a control plane that allowed other engineers (internal or external) to deploy their software
• Designed platforms that abstract away cloud provider differences
• Created deployment tooling that makes the complex feel simple
• Solved hard problems around tenancy, isolation, and resource optimization

We-'re looking for evidence of systems that worked well beyond their original design and still worked. Send us your most elegant infrastructure solution to a complex problem.

How We Hire

• Intro call (30 min): We-'ll get to know each other and sync on what matters to both parties
• Technical conversation (90 min): We-'ll discuss systems
  - 've operated and problems
  - 've solved
• Paid final interview (3 hours): Real customer work, real problems, real impact, real compensation. You also have an option to take a paid trial (1-5 days) if
  - 'd like to get to know us better.
• We decide fast. If
  - 're exceptional,
  - 'll have an offer within a week of starting the process.

Package

• Salary Range: $150K-$250K
• Meaningful equity with transparent terms
• Pension contributions (exceeding legal requirements)
• Quality equipment to get work done
• Fully remote (prioritizing US, UK, Portugal, but open to any location)

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