Senior Infrastructure Operations Engineer (AI)

Location: Fully remote within the UK, or hybrid from the London office hub; occasional team and company offsites. Work visa sponsorship is not available.

Annual base salary: £116,000–£128,000 GBP

Company

hirify.global builds an end-to-end platform for developing, training, and deploying AI systems, combining developer-focused software with large-scale AI compute infrastructure.

What you will do

• Design, build, and roll out platforms and operational patterns that reduce incidents and support customer-facing and internal features.
• Deploy infrastructure updates and improvements for internal and end-customer use cases.
• Operate large-scale GPU environments, Linux systems, bare metal infrastructure, and provisioning workflows.
• Improve reliability, observability, and automation while reducing manual operational work.
• Collaborate with Infrastructure Engineering, Network Operations, Customer Success, and Software and Platform Development teams.
• Participate in a primary/secondary on-call rotation.

Requirements

• 8+ years of experience with Linux as a server or hosting platform; Ubuntu experience is beneficial.
• 5+ years of experience with AWS.
• At least 2 years of experience with Kubernetes, container fundamentals, Terraform, and Ansible.
• Experience managing network-attached storage using NFS, Ceph, or similar protocols.
• Experience with monitoring systems such as Prometheus and the ELK stack, plus familiarity with GitOps workflows.
• Software development experience with Python, Go, Bash, or other languages for automation and system or API integration.

Nice to have

• Experience troubleshooting and provisioning bare-metal hardware, including Dell systems.
• Experience with GPU servers in bare-metal or virtualized environments.
• Experience with datacenter networks, 400Gb Ethernet, InfiniBand, network switches, routers, or firewalls.
• Experience with SONiC switches, Palo Alto firewalls, Juniper Networks, or VAST storage systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Ownership-focused environment with open communication, urgency, and continuous improvement.
• Medical, dental, and vision coverage for employees and eligible dependents.
• Equity, retirement or pension contributions, unlimited PTO, company holidays, and a two-week winter break.
• Paid parental and family leave, professional development allowance, wellness benefits, and work-from-home stipends.
• Four-week paid sabbatical after four years of service, flexible schedules, and office meals.