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Perplexity · perplexity.ai
San FranciscoLead / Manager
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The job in short

AI infrastructure engineering.

PythonC++AWSKubernetesLLMPyTorchTensorFlowNetworking

Details

Found
28 d ago · posted 2026-04-13
Location as listed
San Francisco
Role
DevOps / SRE / Platform Engineer
Source
The company’s own careers site

Full description

We are looking for an AI Infra engineer to join our growing team. We work with Kubernetes, Slurm, Python, C++, PyTorch, and primarily on AWS. As an AI Infrastructure Engineer, you will be partnering closely with our Inference and Research teams to build, deploy, and optimize our large-scale AI training and inference clusters Responsibilities • Design, deploy, and maintain scalable Kubernetes clusters for AI model inference and training workloads • Manage and optimize Slurm-based HPC environments for distributed training of large language models • Develop robust APIs and orchestration systems for both training pipelines and inference services • Implement resource scheduling and job management systems across heterogeneous compute environments • Benchmark system performance, diagnose bottlenecks, and implement improvements across both training and inference infrastructure • Build monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions tailored to ML workloads running on Kubernetes and Slurm • Respond swiftly to system outages and collaborate across teams to maintain high uptime for critical training runs and inference services • Optimize cluster utilization and implement autoscaling strategies for dynamic workload demands Qualifications • Strong expertise in Kubernetes administration, including custom resource definitions, operators, and cluster management • Hands-on experience with Slurm workload management, including job scheduling, resource allocation, and cluster optimization • Experience with deploying and managing distributed training systems at scale • Deep understanding of container orchestration and distributed systems architecture • High level familiarity with LLM architecture and training processes (Multi-Head Attention, Multi/Grouped-Query, distributed training strategies) • Experience managing GPU clusters and optimizing compute resource utilization Required Skills • Expert-level Kubernetes administration and YAML configuration management • Proficiency with Slurm job scheduling, resource management, and cluster configuration • Python and C++ programming with focus on systems and infrastructure automation • Hands-on experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch in distributed training contexts • Strong understanding of networking, storage, and compute resource management for ML workloads • Experience developing APIs and managing distributed systems for both batch and real-time workloads • Solid debugging and monitoring skills with expertise in observability tools for containerized environments Preferred Skills • Experience with Kubernetes operators and custom controllers for ML workloads • Advanced Slurm administration including multi-cluster federation and advanced scheduling policies • Familiarity with GPU cluster management and CUDA optimization • Experience with other ML frameworks like TensorFlow or distributed training libraries • Background in HPC environments, parallel computing, and high-performance networking • Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible) and GitOps practices • Experience with container registries, image optimization, and multi-stage builds for ML workloads Required Experience • Demonstrated experience managing large-scale Kubernetes deployments in production environments • Proven track record with Slurm cluster administration and HPC workload management • Previous roles in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering with focus on ML infrastructure • Experience supporting both long-running training jobs and high-availability inference services • Ideally, 3-5 years of relevant experience in ML systems deployment with specific focus on cluster orchestration and resource management

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