Titlesby GlyphInfrastructure Software Engineer a new title on company job boards
Engineering · Emerging, unverified · not on Hacker News yet · 11 open roles at 6 companies · median $203k
An infrastructure software engineer builds and maintains the core software systems that support application development and operations.
Why it exists
Written by rule from our own data
First seen in our data in August 2025, in a company job-board posting from Scale AI. Today 11 open roles use the title at 6 companies, most of them in AI data.
- PostingThe oldest Infrastructure Software Engineer posting we holdScale AI, Aug 2025 · backs: first sighting
- PostingInfrastructure Software EngineerMercor, Sep 2026 · backs: an open posting with the title
Where it is posted
Sectors
- AI data5
- Software3
- AI infrastructure1
Cities
- San Francisco4
- New York3
- London, United Kingdom3
- Palo Alto1
- Seattle1
Countries and remote
- United States6
- United Kingdom3
- Poland2
- Mexico1
Posted pay
Middle half $200k to $243k, median $203k from 5 postings that state a base range (USD a year).
Who is hiring for it
Open postings on their own job boards, read 5h ago| # | Company | Open roles | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 4 | ||
| 2 | 3 | ||
| 3 | 1 | ||
| 4 | Lightning AIA company hiring most for Platform Engineer and Security Engineer. | 1 | |
| 5 | 1 | ||
| 6 | 1 |
Open roles
8 of 11; company pages list the restSenior Infrastructure Software Engineer
London, England, United Kingdom; New York, New York, United States; Remote; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States
Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise AI
New York, NY; San Francisco, CA
| Role | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Infrastructure Software Engineer | San Francisco | $160k to $500k | |
| Senior Infrastructure Software EngineerLightning AILondon, England, United Kingdom; New York, New York, United States; Remote; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States$180k to $220k | Lightning AI | London, England, United Kingdom; New York, New York, United States; Remote; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States | $180k to $220k |
| Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise GenAI | San Francisco, CA; New York, NY | $180k to $225k | |
| Infrastructure Software Engineer | Remote - United States | $150k to $210k | |
| Infrastructure Software Engineer | Remote - Mexico | Not stated | |
| AI Inference Core - Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer | Sunnyvale, CA | Not stated | |
| Senior Infrastructure Software Engineer, Enterprise AI | New York, NY; San Francisco, CA | $216k to $270k | |
| Infrastructure Software Engineer, Apps Platform | London, UK | Not stated |
Related titles
About this title
An infrastructure software engineer builds and maintains the core software systems that support application development and operations.
11 open postings titled "Infrastructure Software Engineer" at Scale AI, Dropbox, Mercor, Nebius and 2 more (job-board scan, 2026-11-09; proposed by the model). One of the postings. Not checked by hand yet.
Median posted salary $203k from 5 postings that state a base pay range (the median of their midpoints, USD a year). Not a survey of what people earn.