Senior Infrastructure Engineer (GCP)
Partnerize
Who We Are
At Partnerize, we're on a mission to transform the way businesses grow. We've built the leading partnership automation platform that empowers brands to discover, engage, and convert their audiences at scale. From affiliate marketing to influencer collaborations, we help our clients build and manage profitable partnerships that drive real results. We're a team of passionate problem-solvers who are dedicated to helping our clients win in the ever-evolving world of digital marketing.
Why Join Us
We're looking for passionate, talented people who want to be part of a winning team. At Partnerize, you'll find a culture of collaboration, innovation, and respect. We're guided by our core values, and we're committed to creating an environment where everyone can do their best work. We also offer a competitive salary, generous benefits, and a flexible work environment that allows you to thrive both personally and professionally. If you're ready to grow your career and make a difference, we'd love to hear from you.
Job Overview
We are at a pivotal point in our tech progression. We're looking to grow the technical estate, replace existing systems with new and scale and develop the platform. It's an exciting time to join the team in this captivating period.
As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer you will be part of the Partnerize Technical Operations team, they work with the business, development, and IT functions. You’ll be building the infrastructure, delivering projects and processes required to ensure we remain available, scalable, and secure. Involved in support, project delivery and maintenance activities completed by the Operational Team. You are responsible for ensuring all issues/problems are addressed in a timely manner by the team.
You should have deep expertise in Google Cloud Platform (GCP) to join our team. This role is crucial for ensuring the reliability, performance, and scalability of our core systems and infrastructure. You will be instrumental in designing and maintaining our cloud environment, and working with cross-functional teams to drive operational excellence. The ideal candidate will have extensive experience with GCP services, including BigQuery and, ideally, a foundational understanding of Google AI functionality.
We’re looking for a Senior Infrastructure Engineer with a desire to learn. For us, it's more about the person and the character than the role. We need people that will get excited about taking us to the next stage of our evolution helping us with their specific skills and experience but learning new ones along the way.
About the Role
As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer at Partnerize, you will design and implement the next generation of our Google Cloud infrastructure, enabling scalable, automated, and AI-ready environments across the business. You’ll balance hands-on cloud engineering with platform architecture — creating robust Dev/Prod environments, automating CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring our systems are secure, observable, and future-proof.
This role sits at the intersection of DevOps, AI infrastructure, and systems design, supporting our evolution into an AI-enabled enterprise.
Key Responsibilities
- Architect, implement, and maintain secure, scalable GCP infrastructure using Terraform and Infrastructure-as-Code best practices.
- Design and maintain separate Dev and Prod environments, with automated deployments via GitLab CI/CD, using environment variables for configuration.
- Build and optimize CI/CD pipelines that deploy to Cloud Run and other managed GCP services.
- Collaborate with AI, Data, and Product teams to deploy and support Vertex AI, BigQuery, and other machine learning or data-processing services.
- Contribute to the development of AI infrastructure foundations, including environment setup for LLMs and RAG workflows.
- Implement and maintain observability using Prometheus, Grafana, and GCP Operations Suite.
- Manage and enforce IAM, networking, and cloud security policies.
- Use Ansible or Puppet to automate configuration management and system provisioning.
- Drive continuous improvement in infrastructure resilience, incident response, and cost optimization.
- Mentor team members and contribute to documentation such as system design diagrams and “how we deploy” playbooks.
- Actively contribute to capacity planning, performance tuning, and the adoption of AI-enhanced automation within TechOps.
Essential Experience
- 5+ years of experience designing and maintaining cloud infrastructure in GCP (AWS experience beneficial).
- Proven hands-on expertise with Terraform, GitLab CI/CD, and Kubernetes (GKE).
- Solid understanding of Cloud Run, App Engine, and Compute Engine.
- Proficiency in scripting languages such as Python or Bash.
- Strong knowledge of IAM, networking, and security best practices.
- Experience with BigQuery and supporting data pipelines.
- Exposure to Vertex AI or related AI/LLM infrastructure.
- Experience setting up and managing monitoring, logging, and alerting tools.
- Familiarity with Ansible, Puppet, or similar configuration management tools.
- Demonstrated ability to lead or mentor within a technical team and coach others.
Desirable
- GCP Certifications (Professional Cloud Architect, Machine Learning Engineer, Generative AI Leader).
- Experience building or maintaining AI agentic or automation systems.
- Familiarity with Cloud Functions, Cloud Run, and serverless architectures.
- Experience supporting or refactoring technical debt in large systems.
- Knowledge of Databases (MySQL, PostgreSQL, Redis) and Dataflow / Dataproc.
- Hands-on experience in regulated environments with compliance standards (SOC2, GDPR).
US Benefits & Perks
- Flexible Time Off Policy – Take the time you need
- Enhanced Parental Leave: 16 weeks for birth parent, 8 weeks for non-birth parent at full pay after one year employment
- Robust Company Sponsored Health & Welfare Benefits
- 401k Plan – 4% employee match
- Enhanced Wellness Program including access to EAP, Wellness Coaching & Wellness Fridays program
- Regular company events and activities
Our Commitment to Diversity & Inclusion
We are committed to attracting, developing, and advancing our outstanding team members, regardless of race, ethnic identity, sexual orientation, religion, age, gender, gender identity, physical abilities, or any other dimension of diversity. We strive to foster an environment where people can be their authentic selves, raise concerns and innovate, all without fear; where they are treated fairly and respectfully, have equal access to opportunities and resources and can contribute fully to the organization’s success. Every individual in our business is expected to live this commitment without exception.
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