# Founding Engineer, Infrastructure at Cloudglue

- Company: Cloudglue (YC S24)
- What the company does: The video context layer for AI. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://cloudglue.dev
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco, CA, US / Remote (Seattle, WA, US; Los Angeles, CA, US)
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $120K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-02-02
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/cloudglue/jobs/pqyktS0-founding-engineer-infrastructure
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/cloudglue-founding-engineer-infrastructure/

## About the role

We’re looking for a founding infrastructure engineer to design and scale the backend systems that power Cloudglue’s video processing pipelines, search and retrieval infrastructure, and async job orchestration. You’ll be one of the first engineers on the team - this is a high-ownership role where you’ll shape the architecture and the engineering culture. Distributed systems: Design and operate async, fault-tolerant job execution systems that process thousands of hours of video reliably.

## What they're looking for

- 3+ years of backend or infrastructure engineering experience
- Track record designing and operating scalable distributed systems
- Strong proficiency in Python, Go, and/or TypeScript
- Ability to reason about performance, cost, and reliability tradeoffs

Tags: Engineering