Principal Infrastructure Engineer
- $200,000-$300,000
- Mountain View, CA
- Permanent
About the job
🚀 Principal IT Infrastructure Engineer | Build the Backbone of Next-Gen AI
We’re working with a stealth-mode AI infrastructure startup already outperforming industry leaders on some of the world’s largest neural network workloads.
Founded by engineers behind Tesla Dojo, AMD Zen, and Apple Silicon, this team is rethinking AI compute from the ground up.
đź’ˇ The mission?
Redefine AI datacenters through extreme compute density - cutting power, latency, and cost while unlocking massive performance gains.
đź› The Role
As a Principal IT Infrastructure Engineer, you’ll design and scale the core infrastructure powering cutting-edge AI systems - across on-prem and cloud environments and large-scale compute clusters.
You’ll operate in a highly technical, fast-moving environment with real ownership from day one.
⚡ What You’ll Be Doing
- Build and scale hybrid infrastructure (AWS, GCP, Azure + on-prem)
- Manage high-performance compute clusters (Kubernetes, Slurm)
- Drive reliability, observability, and security across systems
- Collaborate with hardware and software teams to optimise performance
🎯 What They’re Looking For
- 7+ years in infrastructure, DevOps, or systems engineering
- Strong Linux and large-scale systems experience
- Background in cloud + cluster environments
- Automation and observability expertise
📍 Mountain View, CA (onsite)
🔥 Early-stage | Well-funded | Rapid growth