Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer

As a Staff Cloud Infrastructure Engineer at OKX, you spearhead efforts to build innovative infrastructure solutions that drive the stability and scalability of our platform. You work within Cloud Infrastructure Engineering, a critical function whose charter is to build tools and infrastructure that promote early detection of production failures and deliver a stellar customer experience. You own safety, health, and uptime across our distributed systems, freeing development teams to focus on feature work rather than the complexities of maintaining service level commitments.

What you'll do

• Maintain and configure AWS products and services, and research, architect, and implement solutions based on AWS offerings
• Manage daily maintenance of AWS cloud environments across the organization
• Support the deployment, maintenance, and scaling of big data and machine learning platforms such as Databricks, AWS SageMaker, and Aliyun DSW to enable data processing and model training workflows
• Own the Databricks platform on AWS end to end, including workspace provisioning, account and workspace configuration, cluster policies, instance pools, and SQL warehouses, managed as code via the Databricks Terraform provider
• Monitor and optimize Databricks cost and performance, including cluster sizing, autoscaling, Photon and serverless adoption, DBU usage tracking via system tables, and job reliability tuning
• Automate provisioning, scaling, and configuration of infrastructure resources using Terraform and CI/CD pipelines
• Troubleshoot and resolve production database issues during incidents, working alongside the team
• Monitor company services and handle alerts promptly to ensure service stability and uptime
• Collaborate with development teams to ensure seamless integration and deployment of new features
• Design, build, and maintain internal platforms and tooling to improve operational efficiency and support unified multi-cloud management across AWS, Alibaba Cloud, and other providers

What you bring

• A bachelor's degree or above in Computer Science or a related domain, with over 6 years of experience in DevOps, SRE, DBA, or related positions
• Proficiency in AWS distributed management, large-scale clustering, fault tolerance, backup, load balancing, and related technologies
• Deep understanding of high availability architecture, capacity planning, and rich experience handling complex problems
• Solid Linux platform operation and maintenance and debugging capabilities, including proficiency in troubleshooting, configuration tuning, and performance analysis
• Familiarity with Kubernetes (k8s) for container orchestration and management
• Familiarity with AWS products and core services, with rich practical experience deploying and tuning EC2, EKS, VPC, and big data products
• Experience with microservices architecture, including deployment, scaling, and maintenance
• Experience in monitoring, operations, and management of AWS large-scale servers and containers
• Hands-on experience with big data and machine learning platforms such as Databricks, AWS SageMaker, or Aliyun DSW, including supporting data pipelines, notebook environments, and model training and deployment workflows
• Familiarity with deployment, configuration, and maintenance of Nginx, Kong, and similar software
• Proficiency in Python, Go, or shell scripting
• Strong engineering skills and proficiency in at least one infrastructure sub-area such as public cloud networking, SRE, DevOps, or cloud-native technologies
• Excellent business analysis ability, system architecture ability, and problem-solving ability, combined with strong self-drive

Nice to have

• Experience with relational databases such as MySQL or PostgreSQL, and NoSQL or big-data storage systems such as Redis, MongoDB, or HBase
• Working knowledge of Terraform or similar Infrastructure as Code tools
• Experience with internal developer platforms and proficiency in AI-assisted development tools such as Claude Code or Codex to improve engineering efficiency
• Bilingual proficiency in English and Mandarin
• Familiarity with operations and management of Alibaba Cloud, Google Cloud, Microsoft Cloud, and other cloud providers

What we offer

• Salary range of $214,666 to $321,999, depending on job-related knowledge, skills, experience, and market location
• Performance bonus and long-term incentives as part of the compensation package
• Comprehensive healthcare schemes for employees and dependants
• Learning and development programs and education subsidies for your growth and development
• Wellness and meal allowances
• Various team building programs and company events

About OKX

OKX is a leading crypto exchange and developer of OKX Wallet, giving millions access to crypto trading and decentralized applications. OKX is also a trusted brand for hundreds of large institutions seeking access to crypto markets. The company is backed by Proof of Reserves and operates across multiple offices globally, united by core principles of We Before Me, Do the Right Thing, and Get Things Done.