Software Engineer, Inference Platform

Responsibilities

• Platform Direction. Help shape the technical direction for the Inference Platform, k8s custom resource definitions, failure domains, service boundaries, and system evolution over time, and own the roadmap for major technical areas.
• Reliability & Performance. Architect active-active systems with rapid failover, graceful degradation, and clear SLOs. Drive system-level improvements in latency, throughput, capacity efficiency, and resilience under unpredictable demand.
• Execution on Critical Paths. Write and review production code in the most important parts of the platform. Make high-consequence architectural decisions within your area and set the technical bar through design reviews, code reviews, and sound engineering judgment.
• Production Leadership. Lead on the hardest production issues and cross-system bottlenecks. Drive observability, incident response, capacity planning, and post-incident improvement with a high standard for operational rigor.
• Technical Influence. Partner with ML, Product, Infrastructure, and Cloud teams to translate product and business requirements into scalable system designs, and drive alignment on shared technical decisions within your domain and adjacent platform surfaces.

Skills & Qualifications

• 3+ years of experience in software engineering, with experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems or cloud infrastructure.
• Experience in distributed systems ideally with Kubernetes.
• Experience building highly available, latency-sensitive systems at scale.
• Experience with security (certificates, TLS, mTLS)
• Experience optimizing latency, throughput, and efficiency in high-QPS systems. Experience with TTFT and tail-latency reduction is a strong plus.
• Strong proficiency in backend or systems languages such as Go, C++.
• Experience with ML inference infrastructure, model serving systems, or GPU-accelerated workloads is a plus.