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AI Infra Engineer

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190K-250K Annually
Mid level
Easy Apply
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4 Locations
190K-250K Annually
Mid level
The AI Infra Engineer will design, deploy, and optimize AI training and inference infrastructures using Kubernetes and Slurm while developing APIs and managing distributed systems.
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Perplexity is an AI-powered answer engine founded in December 2022 and growing rapidly as one of the world’s leading AI platforms. Perplexity has raised over $1B in venture investment from some of the world’s most visionary and successful leaders, including Elad Gil, Daniel Gross, Jeff Bezos, Accel, IVP, NEA, NVIDIA, Samsung, and many more. Our objective is to build accurate, trustworthy AI that powers decision-making for people and assistive AI wherever decisions are being made. Throughout human history, change and innovation have always been driven by curious people. Today, curious people use Perplexity to answer more than 780 million queries every month–a number that’s growing rapidly for one simple reason: everyone can be curious. 

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

The cash compensation range for this role is $190,000 - $250,000.

Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.

Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity may be part of the total compensation package.
Benefits: Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents. Includes a 401(k) plan.


Top Skills

AWS
C++
Kubernetes
Python
PyTorch
Slurm
HQ

Perplexity San Francisco, California, USA Office

575 Market St. SF 4th Floor, San Francisco, California, United States, 94105

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