Principal Infrastructure Engineer (AI)

TL;DR

Principal Infrastructure Engineer (AI): Designing and scaling core infrastructure powering cutting-edge AI systems across on-prem and cloud environments with an accent on extreme compute density. Focus on building hybrid infrastructure, managing high-performance compute clusters, and optimizing system reliability under massive workloads.

Location: Onsite in Mountain View, CA

Salary: $200,000–$300,000

Company

A stealth-mode AI infrastructure startup founded by engineers from Tesla Dojo, AMD Zen, and Apple Silicon, focused on redefining AI datacenters.

What you will do

• Build and scale hybrid infrastructure utilizing AWS, GCP, Azure, and on-premises solutions.
• Manage high-performance compute clusters using Kubernetes and Slurm.
• Drive system reliability, observability, and security across all infrastructure.
• Collaborate with hardware and software teams to optimize AI compute performance.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure, DevOps, or systems engineering.
• Strong expertise in Linux and managing large-scale systems.
• Proven background in cloud and cluster environments.
• Expertise in automation and observability.
• Must be based in or able to work onsite in Mountain View, CA

Culture & Benefits

• Early-stage, well-funded company with rapid growth potential.
• High degree of ownership and technical impact from day one.
• Opportunity to work in a fast-moving environment with industry-leading AI engineers.
• Mission-driven work focused on reducing power, latency, and cost for neural network workloads.