Staff or Principal Software Engineer, Cloud Infrastructure & Systems Engineering, Salt Lake City

As a Staff or Principal Software Engineer at Taxbit, you will own the cloud infrastructure powering our AI-enabled tax compliance platform trusted by leading fintechs, digital asset platforms, and government agencies worldwide. You join our Systems, Security & Compliance organization as a technical leader for our AWS environment, driving architecture, automation, and operational excellence. You will shape our AI DevOps strategy and have broad influence over how we build, deploy, secure, and monitor infrastructure at scale, partnering with engineering, security, and compliance stakeholders to raise the bar on reliability and developer velocity across the company.

What you'll do

• Design, build, and operate secure, highly available cloud infrastructure on AWS supporting Taxbit's platform and products
• Own infrastructure-as-code using AWS CDK (preferred) or Terraform, driving consistency, repeatability, and version control across environments
• Build, maintain, and continuously improve CI/CD pipelines using GitHub and GitHub Actions to enable safe, frequent, and reliable deployments
• Define and implement Taxbit's backup and disaster recovery strategy across cloud data stores and critical systems
• Architect and evolve data storage and processing patterns that support scalability, reliability, and cost efficiency
• Implement and maintain centralized logging, monitoring, and observability across services and infrastructure
• Implement and maintain security guardrails integrated throughout the development lifecycle
• Build workflow automation that reduces manual toil in infrastructure provisioning, deployments, and operations
• Debug and resolve complex issues across distributed, cloud-native systems, driving root-cause analysis and durable fixes
• Implement AI Ops and AI DevOps practices to deploy, monitor, and operate AI-enabled systems and pipelines in production
• Partner cross-functionally with engineering, security, and compliance teams using tools such as GitHub, Linear, Jira, and Databricks

What you bring

• A Bachelor's degree (minimum) in Computer Science or a related field
• Significant experience in systems or infrastructure engineering, with deep, hands-on expertise in AWS cloud infrastructure
• Strong programming skills in Python, TypeScript, or an equivalent language
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD, GitHub, and Infrastructure-as-Code (AWS CDK preferred, Terraform acceptable)
• Experience designing and implementing backup strategy, data architecture, and disaster recovery for cloud systems
• Experience implementing and maintaining logging and monitoring or observability solutions
• A security-minded approach, with experience implementing and maintaining security guardrails in engineering workflows
• Experience with workflow automation and strong debugging skills across distributed systems
• Familiarity with collaboration and workflow tooling such as Linear, Jira, and Databricks
• Familiarity with AI governance practices and frameworks (e.g., ISO 42001) for managing AI systems responsibly
• Understanding of AI security risks and mitigations, such as model and data access controls, prompt injection, and secure use of AI tooling

What we offer

• Base salary of $130,000-$210,000 (varies by location, experience, level, and qualifications)
• Equity in the form of RSUs
• Competitive benefits package including health coverage
• A modern 401(k) plan with access to crypto, financial wellness benefits, and low fees
• Hybrid working model: 3 days in-office, 2 days remote or flexible
• Monday team lunches, snacks, and drinks
• Discretionary time off to rest, refuel, and recharge
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility benefit
• Autonomous work and flexibility in how work is performed

About Taxbit

Founded by CPAs, tax attorneys, and engineers, Taxbit automates global tax reporting for the digital economy. The AI-enabled platform streamlines compliance for digital assets, payments, and financial transactions, trusted by leading fintechs, marketplaces, digital asset platforms, Big 4 accounting firms, and government agencies. Backed by top-tier Silicon Valley VCs, Taxbit's team spans offices in San Francisco, New York, Seattle, Salt Lake City, London, Madrid, and Singapore.