Infrastructure Engineer

Chicago, IL (Hybrid – Tuesday through Thursday)

About NOCD

NOCD is the #1 telehealth provider for the treatment of obsessive-compulsive disorder (OCD). OCD is one of the most severe, prevalent, and misunderstood mental health conditions. NOCD creates access to evidence-based OCD treatment through our telehealth platform, connecting Members with licensed Therapists who specialize in Exposure and Response Prevention (ERP), the gold-standard treatment for OCD.

We're building technology that helps people reclaim their lives, and we're looking for engineers who are excited to solve complex technical problems while making a meaningful impact.

Opportunity Overview

NOCD is looking for an Infrastructure Engineer with a strong software engineering background to help build, deploy, and scale the cloud platform powering our digital behavioral health products.

This is a hands-on engineering role focused on designing and operating the infrastructure that enables our backend services to run reliably at scale. You'll build internal platform capabilities, improve deployment automation, enhance observability, and partner closely with backend engineers to deliver highly available, secure, and scalable systems.

We're looking for someone who enjoys writing production-quality code, automating infrastructure, improving developer productivity, and solving challenging distributed systems problems.

What You'll Do

Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineering

• Design, build, and maintain AWS infrastructure using Infrastructure as Code (Terraform)
• Develop internal platform tooling that improves developer productivity
• Build and maintain Kubernetes-based infrastructure and containerized workloads
• Improve deployment automation and CI/CD pipelines
• Design highly available, scalable cloud architectures
• Improve platform security, reliability, and operational excellence
• Build monitoring, logging, and observability solutions across the platform
• Troubleshoot production issues across cloud infrastructure and backend services
• Continuously optimize cloud cost, performance, and scalability

Software Engineering

• Develop internal services and automation using Python, Go, Java, TypeScript, or similar languages
• Build tooling, APIs, and automation that support engineering workflows
• Participate in architecture discussions and technical design reviews
• Write clean, maintainable, and well-tested production code

Collaboration

• Partner with Backend Engineers, Product Engineers, and Engineering Leadership
• Improve engineering standards and infrastructure best practices
• Participate in production support and incident response
• Help shape the future direction of NOCD's cloud platform

Required Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional software engineering or infrastructure engineering experience
• Strong programming experience with Python, Go, Java, TypeScript, or similar backend languages
• Experience designing and operating cloud infrastructure on AWS
• Experience using Terraform or similar Infrastructure as Code tools
• Experience with Kubernetes and Docker in production environments
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines (GitHub Actions, Jenkins, GitLab CI/CD, or similar)
• Experience building automation, developer tooling, or internal platform services
• Strong understanding of distributed systems, networking, and cloud architecture
• Experience with monitoring and observability platforms
• Strong troubleshooting and debugging skills
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience with microservices and event-driven architectures
• Experience supporting production applications at scale
• Experience with Kafka, Redis, PostgreSQL, or similar backend technologies
• Experience working in healthcare, fintech, or other regulated industries
• Experience with monitoring tools such as Datadog, Prometheus, Grafana, or CloudWatch
• Experience improving platform reliability, deployment automation, and developer experience
• Experience with AI infrastructure, ML platforms, or distributed data processing is a plus

Why Work with NOCD

We’re committed to supporting your growth, both professionally and personally. With an inclusive culture and ongoing learning opportunities, we are here to help you thrive and do the best work of your life. At NOCD, you will:

• Help scale one of the fastest-growing specialty behavioral health organizations in the world.
• Work directly with operational, clinical, product, and business leaders to solve meaningful challenges at scale.
• Use data, technology, and critical thinking to drive measurable improvements in member outcomes and business performance.
• Contribute to a mission that helps people reclaim their lives from one of the world's most disabling mental health conditions.
• Build your career in a high-growth environment where ownership, innovation, and execution are valued and rewarded.
• Play a role in shaping the future of Noto as we expand beyond OCD into additional behavioral health specialties.

If you are ready to make a meaningful impact alongside passionate people who care deeply about what they do, NOCD is the place for you.

What We Offer

• Comprehensive benefits package, including medical, dental, vision coverage, and 401(k) match
• PTO based on an accrual system
• Casual and engaging startup environment with an outstanding mission-driven team atmosphere
• NOCD provides 12 weeks of fully paid parental leave for the primary caregiver, and 6 weeks of fully paid leave for the secondary caregiver, for qualifying full-time employees.

Compensation for this role ranges from $130,000-170,000 annually. Actual pay will be based on the individual’s qualifications and experience.