Principal Infrastructure Engineer

**About Us**:
At Articul8 AI, we relentlessly pursue excellence and create exceptional AI products that exceed customer expectations. We are a team of dedicated individuals who take pride in our work and strive for greatness in every aspect of our business. We believe in using our advantages to make a positive impact on the world and inspiring others to do the same.

Articul8 AI is seeking a Principal Infrastructure Engineer to shape the backend infrastructure of our enterprise GenAI platform. If you have a proven track record of building scalable, cloud-based systems from the ground up, then this is the role for you As part of the Infrastructure Engineering team, you will design large-scale backend systems, implement scalable infrastructure to support large-scale Generative AI (GenAI) workloads, optimize systems for performance, and drive the development of GenAI infrastructure.

**Responsibilities**:

- Serve as a technical lead, architecting and designing complex cloud native and cloud agnostic-based infrastructure for building and scaling our enterprise GenAI platform.
- Collaborate with product managers, applied research, customer success and technology teams contributing to roadmap planning and technology evaluations.
- Passionate about data, cloud infrastructure challenges at scale.
- Be a hands-on engineer who delivers solutions that set the example for rapid innovation, engineering excellence, from architecture to algorithms to implementations
- Mentor and develop engineers, help define and grow the technical culture, and assist in attracting and retaining engineering talent
- Rotating responsibilities for on-call when required

**Required Qualifications**:
**Education Experience**:Bachelor’s degree in Computer science, Computer Engineering, or relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

**Professional Experience**:A proven track record as a technical leader in developing scalable, maintainable, and high-performance cloud-native infrastructure. Hands-on involvement in the architecture, development, and deployment of reliable infrastructure. 8+ years of experience leading, mentoring, or managing software engineers.

**Core Technical Skills**:

- Practical Expertise in one or more cloud platforms like AWS, Azure, or GCP including scaling with Docker and Kubernetes.
- Deep understanding of network architecture, protocols, and security best practices
- Proficiency in Infrastructure as Code (IaC) tools like Terraform, CloudFormation
- Experience with containerization technologies like Docker, Kubernetes
- Familiarity with scripting languages like Python, Bash
- Experience with service mesh (Linkerd, Istio) and API gateways (Kong, Traefik) to enhance microservices deployment and management.

**Preferred Qualifications**:

- 10+ years of hands-on experience building and maintaining high performance scalable infrastructure
- Experience developing tools, libraries, and infrastructure for data preprocessing, model training/finetuning, and deployment of LLMs in production environments.
- Proficiency in orchestration frameworks like Flyte, MLFlow or similar technologies for automating complex workflows

**Professional Attributes**:

- Problem Solving: Exceptional problem-solving ability and attention to detail, with examples of challenging problems solved in high-stakes environments.
- Adaptability and Communication: Ability to thrive in a fast-paced startup environment, adapt to changing technologies and priorities, and have strong communication skills for effective team collaboration.
- Customer Support and Incident Management: Willingness to support customer deployments and participate in the incident management process, demonstrating a commitment to customer satisfaction and service reliability.
- Experience building products at hyper-growth startups is preferred.

By joining our team, you become part of a community that embraces diversity, inclusiveness, and lifelong learning. We nurture curiosity and creativity, encouraging exploration beyond conventional wisdom. Through mentorship, knowledge exchange, and constructive feedback, we cultivate an environment that supports both personal and professional development.

Your future experience at Articul8 will include continuous learning and growth opportunities as we embark on an exciting journey to disrupt the status quo and empower the underserved. If you're excited about joining a team that's passionate about making a difference, we want to hear from you. Whether you're a recent graduate or an experienced professional, we offer a dynamic and supportive work environment where you can grow and thrive.

At Articul8, you'll have the opportunity to work on cutting-edge GenAI projects and contribute to our mission of revolutionizing enterprise value creation through GenAI. You'll collaborate with a talented team of professionals who are passionate about their work, and you'll be part of a company that's committed to empowering marginalized com