Engineering Site Lead
Core
Establish and scale Perplexity's London engineering office, building infrastructure teams and culture from the ground up to support global AI/ML workloads.
Role type
Senior Site Lead (Infrastructure & Engineering)
Builds
London engineering site, infrastructure teams, and technical culture for AI/ML systems
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure, AI/ML Systems, Distributed Systems
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
distributed systems, cloud platforms (AWS/GCP/Azure), infrastructure automation, GPU infrastructure, ML training/inference pipelines, Kubernetes, Terraform, CI/CD, people management, strategic hiring, technical vision
Preferred skills
AI/ML company experience, site lead experience, LLM infrastructure background, open-source contributions, scaling teams 0-20+, London tech community involvement
Technologies
Kubernetes, Terraform, AWS, GCP, Azure
Responsibilities
Establish London office culture and operating principles; manage and mentor infrastructure teams (5-15+ engineers); set technical direction for London infrastructure initiatives; drive architectural decisions for AI/ML workloads; build and scale high-performing teams through strategic hiring; partner globally on infrastructure strategy and standards
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with people management