Tencent Cloud – Principal Engineer, Data+AI Infrastructure (Big Data Platform, Singapore)
Core
Design and build data infrastructure for AI workloads and use AI to optimize storage, compute, and operations systems.
Role type
Principal Engineer, Data+AI Infrastructure
Builds
Distributed compute engines, storage architectures, data & search systems, self-managing systems, and next-gen cloud data platforms.
Domain
Cloud computing, Big Data, AI Infrastructure, Distributed Systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Distributed systems design, Storage architecture, Compute optimization, Machine Learning, LLMs, System reliability, Performance engineering, Architecture leadership
Preferred skills
Top-tier research publications, AI for Infra projects, Open-source contributions, GPU operator experience
Technologies
C++, Python, Java, Go, Rust, LLMs, Agents, Reinforcement Learning, Distributed Storage, Query Engines, Data Lakehouses
Responsibilities
Build distributed compute engines for data and AI workloads; Design storage architectures for large-scale multimodal data; Combine LLMs and data systems for natural-language queries and search; Build closed-loop self-managing systems for monitoring and remediation; Design next-generation cloud data platform architecture; Apply ML and RL to real system problems from hypothesis to production.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategy & mentorship
