# Software Engineer - Infrastructure at Emergent

- Company: Emergent (YC S24)
- What the company does: AI app builder that turns your ideas into monetizable software. Backed by Y Combinator.
- Company website: https://emergent.sh
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-18
- Apply by: 2026-11-02
- Apply: https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/emergent/jobs/cHXthx2-software-engineer-infrastructure
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/emergent-software-engineer-infrastructure/

## About the role

We're hiring builders who want ownership, speed, and impact at global scale.

## What they're looking for

- 3+ years of software/platform engineering experience with production systems
- Strong proficiency in Go or Python, you write production code in at least one daily
- Hands-on experience building and deploying services on Kubernetes, not just YAML, you've developed something that runs on K8s
- Experience with GitOps tooling (ArgoCD, Flux, or similar)
- Strong networking and DNS fundamentals: TCP/IP, HTTP, load balancing, DNS resolution, TLS, and debugging connectivity issues
- Solid Linux/OS fundamentals: process management, filesystem, memory, systemd, and comfortable debugging with tools like strace, tcpdump, and netstat

Tags: Engineering