Infrastructure Engineer

Company: IPinfo.io

About the Company: IPinfo is the leading provider of IP address data — geolocation, VPN and residential proxy detection, mobile carrier data, and 20+ other context tags. Their API handles over 120 billion requests per month. Bootstrapped, profitable, globally distributed team of ~60. Powers Cloudflare, T-Mobile, SpaceX, DemandBase, Clearbit, and many more. Sponsors academic conferences including ACM IMC and ACM CoNEXT.

Job Category: Infrastructure Engineering / Platform / Cloud

Contract Type: Full-Time / Part-Time / Contract (all considered)

Location: Remote — Anywhere in the World

Application Link: https://ipinfo.applytojob.com/apply/d9CPSFceDF/Infrastructure-Engineer

Posted: May 1, 2026 (posted directly by IPinfo founder on HN Who's Hiring May 2026)

Job Description: You'll help IPinfo maintain and evolve the infrastructure powering 120 billion+ API requests per month. This is a high-scale, high-reliability platform serving some of the world's largest technology companies. Engineering background in internet measurement or network analysis is a strong plus.

Key Responsibilities:

• Maintain and evolve infrastructure powering IPinfo's 120B+ request/month API platform
• Work on reliability, performance, and cost efficiency at global internet scale
• Collaborate with a small, globally distributed team of ~60 on infrastructure decisions
• Contribute to the technical rigor of a team that sponsors and engages with academic networking research

Requirements:

• Infrastructure engineering background with experience at meaningful scale
• Strong cloud infrastructure and operations experience
• Comfort working fully remote in an async-first globally distributed environment
• Interest in internet infrastructure, networking, or IP data a genuine plus