Principal Platform Engineer
Core
Build the core platform layer and backend services that turn AI systems into a reliable, secure, and scalable product for customers, enabling seamless onboarding and operations.
Role type
Principal Platform Engineer (AI Infrastructure & Backend)
Builds
Core platform services, backend APIs, MLOps foundations, and GPU operations infrastructure
Domain
Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Infrastructure, Backend Systems
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Go, Rust, Kubernetes, AWS, MLOps, GPU operations, Reliability Engineering, Security-by-design, Automation, Multi-region architecture
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
Go, Rust, Python, Kubernetes, EKS, AWS (VPC, IAM, EC2, S3, RDS), Shell
Responsibilities
Design and implement core services/APIs for customer onboarding, tenancy, permissions, and billing; Create standardized self-serve deployment paths; Operate GPU-backed AI workloads and manage cost/performance; Define and enforce SLIs/SLOs and error budgets; Implement security patterns for identity, access, and secrets; Architect multi-region resilience strategies; Build high-signal observability dashboards.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC
