Platform Engineer (AI Infrastructure)

Location: Hybrid in Silicon Valley, with regular on-site presence in Mountain View and occasional travel to the New York office.

Salary: $200K–$400K plus equity.

Company

hirify.global is an applied AI company building foundational hardware and software for the semiconductor industry, critical AI infrastructure, and broader systems infrastructure.

What you will do

• Own, operate, and improve critical infrastructure and internal systems.
• Build and maintain physical network and server infrastructure.
• Design reliable, maintainable, and secure infrastructure across networking, storage, operating systems, security, deployment, and observability.
• Diagnose complex systems issues spanning Linux, networking, storage, applications, and deployment infrastructure.
• Automate operational workflows while maintaining a deep understanding of the underlying systems.
• Evaluate open-source infrastructure technologies, improve operational practices, and collaborate with engineers across the company.

Requirements

• 8–10+ years of experience in system administration, platform engineering, infrastructure engineering, SRE, DevOps, or equivalent hands-on systems work.
• Deep knowledge of Linux and/or BSD and strong systems administration fundamentals.
• Experience across networking, storage, operating systems, security, deployment systems, virtualization or containers, configuration management, and observability.
• Strong programming or scripting skills for infrastructure automation and significant experience with open-source infrastructure technologies.
• Ability to independently own critical infrastructure, troubleshoot unfamiliar systems from first principles, and make safe, high-impact technical decisions.
• Ability to work on-site in Mountain View on a regular basis and travel occasionally to New York.

Nice to have

• Meaningful contributions to open-source infrastructure projects or an active GitHub profile showing original technical work.
• Participation in technical mailing lists, forums, or open-source communities.
• Technical writing, documentation, or a personal blog demonstrating strong systems knowledge.
• Experience building and operating infrastructure in an early-stage or high-growth startup.
• Experience owning infrastructure across a broad technical surface area.

Culture & Benefits

• Senior hands-on individual contributor role with impact through technical depth, ownership, and execution.
• Fast-moving startup environment with distributed collaboration across New York City, Silicon Valley, London, Copenhagen, and Seoul.
• Competitive compensation including base salary, performance-based incentives, benefits, and equity.
• Inclusive workplace with equal employment opportunity and reasonable disability accommodations.