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Vapi

Staff Infrastructure Engineer

Vapi, San Francisco, California, United States, 94199

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is building the future of voice‑native applications. Our platform equips companies with everything they need—telephony, real‑time streaming, deterministic fallbacks, HIPAA/SOC2 compliance, and an AI testing suite—to launch production‑grade voice agents fast. In just 18 months, more than 150,000 developers have signed up, with over 1,000 new developers joining every day. Our mission is to make voice humanity’s default interface again by capturing nuance, emotion, and context that text alone misses.

What You'll Do

Own scalability projects end-to-end: ship a pre-scoped project within the first 7 days (eg. redis HA); ship a project independently within the first 30 days (eg. new CRD for managing worker pools)

Build monitoring: ship pre-defined monitoring goals within the first 14 days (eg. prometheus rules); ship monitoring independently within the first 30 days (eg. refactor call monitoring to real-time alert on latency spikes)

Build anti-frangibility into the infrastructure: unprompted, build things that make our infrastructure more antifragile (eg. auto multi-cluster rollover)

Who You Are

Experience with Kubernetes, Pulumi, or scaling other distributed systems

Communication: You can clearly articulate what you’re thinking and feeling

Cracked-ness: You’re more cracked than the most cracked person on the team

Startup Ready: You have a reason to be here and can make sacrifices for something uncertain

Founder Juice: New ideas come from you, you build it yourself or annoy everyone until it’s done ;)

1+ year of experience with a seed or Series A company

3+ years of experience in Infrastructure

8+ years experience in Engineering

Why Vapi

Define the future of human–AI interaction: help pioneer a new era of voice-based AI products that are transforming how people and businesses communicate

Own meaningful work at a breakout startup: join early, take real ownership, and have a direct hand in building a category-defining company from the ground up

Surround yourself with exceptional people: work alongside a world-class team of engineers, operators, and builders backed by top-tier investors who believe in our mission

Accelerate your career in a high-growth environment: grow fast, take on big challenges, and unlock opportunities as we scale one of the most exciting platforms in AI

What We Offer

Competitive compensation: includes a strong base salary and meaningful equity ownership

Comprehensive health coverage: medical, dental, and vision plans

Flexible time off: take-what-you-need vacation policy with an emphasis on rest and balance

Daily meals: catered lunches and dinners provided for in-office days

Lifestyle & wellness stipends: monthly allowances to support rent, transportation, food, fitness, and mental well-being

Professional development: annual learning stipends for courses, conferences, and upskilling

Team connection: regular offsites, team events, and opportunities to build in-person relationships

Seniority level

Mid-Senior level

Employment type

Full-time

Job function

Information Technology

Industries

Software Development

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