Software Engineer 1 - Cloud Infrastructure
Abnormal Security is hiring a Software Engineer 1 - Cloud Infrastructure for a remote role open to applicants in United States. It pays $122k-$176k a year and Level rates it ; you can apply on Abnormal Security.
Level's read on this job
- On Level's scale, this software engineer role is Works on AI ●●●○: the daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- The posting lists this role as remote.
- Tools and skills the posting cites include Claude, Claude Code and Codex.
- Level lists 85 other open roles at Abnormal Security.
- The role was posted within the past two weeks.
AI in this role
Design, build, and operate core cloud infrastructure services for an AI-native behavioral security platform using AI-assisted workflows.
About the Role
Abnormal AI is an AI-native behavioral security platform that protects enterprises from advanced threats by analyzing and understanding communication patterns and access behavior at scale. We now protect more than 25% of the Fortune 500, and as we expand into new product lines and geographies, a scalable, reliable infrastructure foundation is critical to our next phase of growth.
The Platform & Infrastructure team is seeking a strong Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to help design, build, and operate the core compute and business-critical infrastructure services that form the foundation of Abnormal’s product platform.
What you will do
- Design, build, test, scale, monitor, and maintain secure, cost-efficient infrastructure in a multi-cloud environment (AWS and Azure)
- Develop, evolve, and operate infrastructure as code to support repeatable, auditable, and scalable system provisioning.
- Drive design collaboration by participating in technical discussions and providing constructive reviews
- Contribute as a core member of an agile team with a strong sense of ownership and teamwork.
- Partner closely with product and application engineering teams to understand platform needs and deliver well-designed, developer-friendly infrastructure abstractions.
- Participate in an on-call rotation with a learning-oriented mindset, gaining insight into customer pain points, identifying systemic gaps, and driving long-term reliability improvements.
- Drive down technical debt and operational toil by addressing root causes, automating repetitive work, and shaping roadmap investments to sustainably reduce both.
- Use AI as a primary way to explore, design, and ship solutions, and automate repetitive work and operational toil. Improve team and system context (docs, runbooks, AI skills) so AI-assisted work gets better for everyone.
Must Haves
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or a related technical field
- 1-2 years of experience engineering cloud infrastructure solutions for microservice-based systems in production environments, accounting for optimal performance, reliability, security and cost.
- 1+ years of experience with Python
- 6 months - 1 year of experience with at least 2 of these areas: Terraform, AWS (or equivalent public cloud provider services), Kubernetes.
- Experience working within mature software development practices, including source control, testing, and deployment.
- Experience with on-call rotations, incident response, and operating production-grade systems
- Experience using AI coding tools (e.g., Claude Code, Codex) in daily engineering work, with the judgment to validate, simplify, and reject AI-generated output that doesn’t hold up in production.
- Strong communication skills and the ability to thrive in a fast-paced, remote-first environment—balancing autonomy with collaboration, demonstrating a bias toward action, and maintaining a positive, constructive mindset.
Nice to Haves
- Experience with Bash, Golang, and Terragrunt.
- Prior experience building large-scale infrastructure-as-code abstractions.
- AWS certifications.
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Actual compensation will be determined based on several non-discriminatory factors including skills, experience, qualifications, and geographic location.
In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus or incentive compensation, equity, and a comprehensive benefits package.
A note on AI in our process:
Abnormal AI uses AI-assisted tools to help our recruiting team prepare for candidate interviews. These tools analyze resume content and role requirements to suggest interview questions and areas for the interviewer to explore.They do not make hiring decisions or screen candidates automatically. Every decision about a candidacy is made by a person. Further, if your application is successful and Abnormal AI makes a conditional offer of employment, we will carry out pre-employment checks which must be successfully completed to progress to a final offer. All processes and pre-employment checks are in line with prevailing legislation and Abnormal AI's policies relevant to our security and privacy standards.
Abnormal AI is an equal opportunity employer. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, protected veteran status or other characteristics protected by law. For our EEO policy statement please click here. If you would like more information on your EEO rights under the law, please click here.
How we rate this
Software Engineer 1 - Cloud Infrastructure at Abnormal Security rates 65 out of 100 for how much of the daily work is AI. That makes it Works on AI (AI Level 3 of 4). The level is about AI in the job, not seniority.
Works on AI. The daily work is on AI products, without building the model.
- ●●●● Builds AI80 to 100
- ●●●○ Works on AI60 to 79
- ●●○○ Uses AI40 to 59
- ●○○○ Little AI0 to 39
Levels come from how often the tools, models and workflows of the role are named in the posting itself. Read the description and count the AI tools, models and workflows it names.
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- What's a project where you used Claude hands-on?
- Walk me through how you've used Claude Code in your day-to-day work.
- What are the limits of Codex that you've run into, and how did you work around them?
- What's a project where you used Python hands-on?
- Walk me through how you've used Terraform in your day-to-day work.
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- List these exact terms on your resume: Claude, Claude Code, Codex, Python, and Terraform. An applicant tracking system matches the wording, not the idea.
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- Show where AI is part of your daily process, not a one-off project. This role expects it to be a running habit.
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