DevOps Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

DevOps Engineer (AI): Designing and scaling infrastructure for AI workloads with an accent on CI/CD pipeline optimization, cloud architecture, and monitoring systems. Focus on implementing infrastructure as code, ensuring reliability, scalability, and security of distributed computing foundations.

Location: Onsite in Palo Alto, California

Company

Clockwork Systems was founded by Stanford researchers to redefine distributed computing foundations with software-driven AI fabrics for GPU cluster utilization.

What you will do

• Design, build, and manage scalable, secure, and reliable infrastructure in AWS/GCP.
• Own and optimize CI/CD pipelines to accelerate engineering velocity.
• Implement infrastructure as code (IaC) using Terraform, Pulumi, or similar tools.
• Collaborate with engineering teams to improve deployment workflows, observability, and performance monitoring.
• Set up and manage logging, alerting, and monitoring frameworks.
• Champion security best practices, including secrets management and vulnerability assessments.

Requirements

• 2+ years of experience in DevOps, SRE, or Infrastructure Engineering.
• Strong knowledge of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure).
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, Docker, and container orchestration.
• Expertise in CI/CD tools (GitHub Actions, CircleCI, Jenkins, ArgoCD).
• Solid programming skills in at least one language such as Python, C++, or Golang.
• Familiarity with infrastructure as code (Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation).
• English: B2 required.

Nice to have

• Background in distributed systems or high-performance computing.
• Experience supporting AI/ML workloads.
• Knowledge of service mesh technologies (Istio, Linkerd).
• Familiarity with FinOps and cost optimization in cloud environments.

Culture & Benefits

• Challenging projects in a friendly and inclusive workplace culture.
• Competitive compensation and a great benefits package.
• Catered lunch.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusion as an equal opportunity employer.