Founding Infrastructure Engineer

Infra Engineer
Location: San Francisco (in-person, in-office, full-time ONLY)

Compensation: $160K-$250K base + $25K-$50k cash bonus

About Virio
Virio is building the content engine for AI-native executives, and an engine is only as good as the foundation it runs on.

Every insight, playbook, and asset we generate sits on top of infrastructure that has to stay fast and reliable as we grow, even as generation workloads get heavier and the user base expands.

We're backed by operators from LinkedIn, YouTube, HubSpot, Rippling, and Google. We've added $1M ARR in 30 days. And the way we think about content generation, agentic systems, and human-in-the-loop workflows doesn't have an established playbook.

We're looking for a Founding Infrastructure Engineer to build and scale that foundation: the systems, pipelines, and tooling that keep Virio fast and reliable as we grow to more users.

What You’ll Do
As our Founding Infrastructure Engineer, you'll own the systems everything else runs on: the distributed services, data stores, search and caching layers, and platform tooling that let us scale without breaking. You'll keep the product fast and reliable as load grows, and architect the foundation the rest of engineering builds on.

Own Virio's core infrastructure end to end, from compute and orchestration to networking and deployment, and scale it as our user base grows

Architect and operate our distributed systems for reliability, performance, and cost, designing for the next order of magnitude rather than today's load

Build and tune the search, indexing, and caching layers that keep the product fast as data volume grows

Own our data infrastructure: databases, data flows, and the systems that keep them performant under load

Stand up the platform tooling, observability, and on-call practices that let a small team ship and operate with confidence

Partner with product and engineering, including the harness and AI teams, to make sure our infrastructure scales with the demands of AI-driven workloads

Make the architecture decisions that determine how we manage state, expose capability, and keep latency low across the platform

What Success Looks Like
The systems you own stay fast and reliable as we scale; the infrastructure just works, and the rest of the team rarely has to think about it

You see scaling and reliability problems before they reach users, and you solve them at the root instead of patching symptoms

You balance speed with rigor; you ship infrastructure changes fast without putting reliability at risk

Your systems are clean and well-architected; they hold up as load grows by orders of magnitude without forcing a rewrite

You take full ownership of the systems everything runs on; you don't wait for permission to fix what you see breaking

Traits That Thrive at Virio
High agency & self-direction – Acts without waiting for requirements or detailed instructions

Small-team intensity comfort – Comfortable working intensely and closely with a small, high-output team

Unorthodox problem solving – Sees non-obvious paths forward and challenges conventional approaches

Quality-driven execution – Detail-oriented with high standards for correctness and quality

Low ego & accountability – Takes full ownership and accountability for outcomes

Benefits
Work directly with the founders

Competitive total compensation aligned to impact and ownership

Meaningful equity upside as part of the founding team

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) plan

All working meals covered

Relocation support for San Francisco

Company-wide annual off-site

High ownership, high trust, and fast career progression alongside world-class client partners

In-person culture with deep commitment to excellence

This is a full-time, on-site role based in San Francisco. We do not offer hybrid or remote positions.