The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is hiring a full-time Infrastructure Engineer, reporting to the PSF's Director of Engineering. The mission of the Python Software Foundation is to promote, protect, and advance the Python programming language, and to support and facilitate the growth of a diverse and international community of Python programmers. In support of our mission, the PSF manages the infrastructure that provides resources and downloads on python.org, documentation on docs.python.org, packages on pypi.org, and more.
Overview
Maintains the infrastructure that runs PyPI, python.org, docs.python.org, mail.python.org, and the services that support PyCon US. Works alongside a small team keeping critical Python community infrastructure running. The core mandate is keeping things online, accessible, and frugal. No two days are the same, but the initial months are operations-focused as you get familiar with our systems, with development work increasing over time.
Core Responsibilities- Maintain and improve existing Linux infrastructure stacks
- Respond to alerts, debug outages, and keep services healthy
- Take part in bi-weekly on-call rotation, responding to incidents and outages
- Work in Kubernetes, Salt, nginx, PostgreSQL, and various cloud providers
- Capacity planning and resource management
- Maintain and develop features for PSF web properties (python.org, us.pycon.org)
- Write code, review PRs, and ship changes users interact with
- Support PyCon US technical operations
- Support PSF staff with technical needs and questions
- User support for services like python.org and psfmember.org
- Administrative support of services the PSF relies on
- Support volunteer contributors to PSF hosted services
- Support CPython core development and fiscal sponsorees
- Be helpful to people who maintain software in their spare time
Ideal candidates will have 2-5 years of experience with Linux systems, some exposure to containers and orchestration, and enough Python to be productive. Willingness to learn, get paged, and dig into unfamiliar systems matters more than checking every box.
Required: Experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling (Salt, Ansible, Terraform, or similar), Django, Linux administration, basic frontend knowledge, and software testing.
Helpful: Kubernetes, PostgreSQL, Ubuntu server, Salt specifically, Python 3.11+, pytest, experience in open source communities.
Details- Location: Remote, US only. Must be authorized to work in the United States. Core hours aligned with EST.
- Compensation: $95K - 125K (depending on experience)
- Type: Full-time employee
- Benefits: 401(k), generous health care, dental, vision, PTO
- Travel: PyCon US annually
Skills Required
- 2-5 years of experience with Linux systems
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tooling (Salt, Ansible, Terraform, or similar)
- Django
- Linux administration
- Basic frontend knowledge
- Software testing
- Enough Python to be productive
- Participation in bi-weekly on-call rotation and incident response
- Kubernetes
- PostgreSQL
- Ubuntu server
- Salt (specific)
- Python 3.11+
- pytest
- Experience in open source communities
What We Do
The Python Software Foundation (PSF) is a 501(c)(3) non-profit corporation that holds the intellectual property rights behind the Python programming language. We manage the open source licensing for Python version 2.1 and later and own and protect the trademarks associated with Python. We also run the North American PyCon conference annually, support other Python conferences around the world, and fund Python related development with our grants program and by funding special projects.
