[Hiring] Senior Software Engineer @Pulumi

Role Description

We're building an autonomous infrastructure engineering agent: think Claude Code, but for your cloud. If you're excited about agentic AI systems that solve impactful problems for engineers, developers, and security experts at innovative startups and iconic enterprises alike, this role is for you.

Neo is Pulumi's answer to what infrastructure engineering looks like in an AI-first era. It's a virtual infrastructure teammate that understands your cloud environment, plans and executes multi-step operations, and brings domain expertise to problems ranging from spinning up complex ML infrastructures to cloud migrations to continuous compliance enforcement.

What makes Neo possible is infrastructure-as-code: by modeling cloud infrastructure in code space, we can leverage the fact that LLMs are already excellent at coding to affect cloud infrastructure changes. Combined with Pulumi's registry and petabytes of deployment history, we have a unique foundation for building infrastructure intelligence.

We're looking for engineers to build all aspects of Neo:

• Agent orchestration and tool interfaces
• Web experience where users watch Neo work, approve operations, and understand its reasoning
• Interface with the models and how we orchestrate and fine-tune them to maximize impact

We seek bold thinkers to reimagine the entirety of cloud engineering.

While Pulumi is headquartered in Seattle, WA., we are dedicated to being a remote first company. This role will be located remotely within the U.S., with a preference for candidates based in Pacific Time Zone locations.

Qualifications

• Genuinely excited about agentic AI—systems that plan, act, and adapt in the real world, not just generate text
• Built production systems using LLMs, including experience with skill design, tool use, function calling, and multi-step orchestration
• Care deeply about reliability and safety when AI systems take real actions with real consequences
• Comfortable across the stack—agent orchestration, backend services, and frontend interfaces
• Strong Python and TypeScript skills (our primary languages) and can pick up new environments quickly
• Bring a product mindset: think about what users need, not just what's technically interesting
• Communicate clearly and work well with a distributed team

Requirements

• Experience with cloud infrastructure (AWS, Azure, GCP) or infrastructure-as-code tools
• Background in building developer tools, CLIs, or platform engineering systems
• Familiarity with container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)
• Experience building evaluation frameworks and benchmarks for AI systems
• Knowledge of prompt engineering, fine-tuning, MCP, or retrieval-augmented generation

Compensation

Base Salary Hiring Range: $185,000 to 215,000

All full-time employee offers at Pulumi include base salary, bonus or variable, equity and benefits (details below).

Benefits

• Healthcare Coverage: Comprehensive medical, dental, vision, and supplemental insurance at no cost to U.S. employees.
• Time Off: Unlimited PTO policy encourages balance and rest — and requires employees to take at least three weeks off annually, plus 13 U.S. holidays.
• 401(k): U.S. employees are eligible for a 401(k) plan with an employer match.
• Parental Leave: 20 weeks of paid leave for birthing parents or primary caregivers, and 16 weeks for non-birthing parents or secondary caregivers.
• Remote-First Culture: Fully remote since 2020, supporting flexible work with asynchronous collaboration.
• Professional Development: Annual learning and development budget to support growth and career goals.
• Equity Ownership: All employees receive equity and are empowered to think big, move fast, and build the future of cloud together.
• Additional Support: Monthly wellness fund and quarterly happiness fund for team connection.