About THIA

THIA is transforming how small and medium enterprises build internal applications and automate business processes. Our AI-powered platform enables business experts to create custom applications using natural language—eliminating the need for expensive development teams. We're well-funded, generating revenue, and solving real problems for companies that need more than off-the-shelf software.

The Role

This is a high-impact, hands-on role where data engineering and cloud infrastructure are equally part of the job. You'll own delivery across multiple products and environments — designing schemas, building pipelines, writing Terraform, and spinning up new environments from templates. You'll work closely with a small, senior team and have real influence on technical direction.

We move fast, keep our codebase clean, and take tech debt seriously.

What You'll Do

Platform & Data Engineering

• Own end-to-end infrastructure delivery across all products and environments — from Terraform modules to production deployments
• Write and maintain Terraform for our full cloud environment: networking, compute, databases, storage, and secrets management
• Deploy and operate containerized services; spin up new environments from templates
• Design, build, and optimize PostgreSQL databases and data models for our in-house built data platform architecture
• Build and maintain ETL/ELT pipelines and file-processing functions
• Manage multi-environment deployments via GitLab CI/CD
• Maintain authentication infrastructure (Keycloak/OIDC) across products and client environments
• Manage secrets, service accounts, and IAM across multiple cloud projects
• Implement security controls aligned with SOC2; remediate findings and keep access policies current
• Handle production issues and incident response

Collaboration

• Work autonomously while staying tightly coordinated with a small, async-first team
• Collaborate with AI and App engineering teams on service integrations and API design
• Contribute to architectural decisions and internal documentation

What We're Looking For

Must-Haves

• Strong PostgreSQL expertise: schema design, query optimization, performance tuning
• Hands-on Terraform experience managing real cloud infrastructure
• Docker and managed container platform experience
• Experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines
• Cloud infrastructure experience — GCP preferred, any major cloud considered
• Self-directed, ownership mentality

Strongly Preferred

• Past ownership and maintenance of a production system used by real customers
• Background in a startup environment

Nice to Have

• Terminal/CLI-first approach — preference for scripted, repeatable solutions over manual UI workflows

A Note on AI

We actively encourage using AI tools to move faster. Real-world experience is still required — to direct AI effectively, catch what it misses, and spot security issues before they reach production.

Our Stack

GCP · PostgreSQL · Qdrant · Redis · Terraform · Docker · GitLab CI/CD · Keycloak · OAuth2/OIDC · Datadog · Wiz

What You Gain

• Ownership — end-to-end accountability for infrastructure at a growing AI company
• Impact — direct collaboration with leadership and real influence on technical direction
• Growth — clear path to a lead role as the team expands
• Equity — early-stage equity at an AI startup
• Flexibility — fully remote with flexible hours
• Quality — a clean codebase and a team that takes tech debt seriously