Klaviyo · 15 hours ago
Lead Software Engineer - Environments (Dev Infra)
Boston, MA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$176K/yr - $264K/yr
7+ years expKlaviyo is a company that empowers creators to own their own destiny by making first-party data accessible. They are seeking a Lead Software Engineer for the Environments team to act as a hands-on technical leader responsible for tools and systems that enhance developer velocity by managing infrastructure effectively.
E-CommerceBig DataSoftwareAdvertisingMarketingAnalyticsMarketing Automation
Responsibilities
Act as the Lead Individual Contributor (IC) and subject matter expert for environment orchestration, mentoring other engineers and championing a culture of seamless, on-demand testing
Lead the design and evolution of our existing platform to support complex, multi-service architectures, ensuring environments are isolated, secure, and performant
Productize our internal infrastructure by architecting self-service tools that automate the heavy lifting of service provisioning
Future-proof the platform by exploring "reproducible anywhere" capabilities, enabling these short-lived environments to run seamlessly across cloud providers and local development setups
Partner with QA and Product teams to ensure ephemeral environments are the gold standard for end-to-end testing and stakeholder reviews
Define standards for environment lifecycle management, including automated cleanup (reaping), cost-tracking, and observability for transient infrastructure
Qualification
Required
7+ years of software engineering experience, with a recent focus on Platform Engineering, Cloud Infrastructure, or Full-Stack Development
Proven track record of leading large-scale technical projects as an individual contributor, navigating complexity without needing a management title
Hands-on expert across the stack, able to build intuitive, self-service interfaces in React and TypeScript as well as develop robust, scalable backend services in Python/Django
Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Terraform, and the AWS ecosystem (EC2, RDS, Networking)
Treat your platform as a product, making it easy for other engineering teams to onboard their specific products and services into our environments with minimal manual configuration
Excited about using AI to accelerate the SDLC and see ephemeral environments as the key to unlocking automated AI testing and faster time-to-completion for features
Understanding of the nuances of E2E testing and how high-fidelity environments are the secret ingredient to preventing production regressions
Preferred
Experience with AI tools such as Claude, Cursor, Copilot, or internal AI enablement frameworks
Benefits
Participation in the company’s annual cash bonus plan
Variable compensation (OTE) for sales and customer success roles
Equity
Sign-on payments
Comprehensive range of health, welfare, and wellbeing benefits based on eligibility
Company
Klaviyo
Klaviyo is an automation and email platform designed to help grow businesses.
1001-5000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$1.35BKey Investors
ShopifySands Capital VenturesAccel
2025-08-13Post Ipo Secondary· $195.06M
2025-05-14Post Ipo Secondary· $372.95M
2023-09-20IPO
Leadership Team
Andrew Bialecki
CEO
Ed Hallen
Co-Founder, Chief Strategy Officer, Board Member
Recent News
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