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Machine Learning Infrastructure Engineer

Character.AI · Redwood City, CA

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Applied AIremotesenior$150k–$350k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Design and maintain training and serving infrastructure for ML research.
  • Build tooling to monitor deployments and diagnose cluster failures at scale.
  • Support interactive entertainment experiences used by 20M people monthly.

What they offer

  • Top-notch health coverage for you & your family, majority of premium covered
  • Generous 401(K) contribution
  • Up to 20 weeks paid parental leave
  • 4 weeks of PTO
  • Daily in-office catering plus monthly Doordash stipend
  • Monthly wellness stipend
  • Equity

Ideal candidate

Seasoned ML infrastructure engineer who thrives supporting research teams and keeping large-scale training reliable. You care about performance, observability, and maximizing compute impact.

Requirements

  • 4+ years of experience supporting infrastructure within an ML environment
  • Experience developing tools to diagnose ML infrastructure problems and failures
  • Experience with cloud platforms (e.g., Compute Engine, Kubernetes, Cloud Storage)
  • Experience working with GPUs

Lab profile

About Character.AI

Builds personalized AI companions users can create, customize, and chat with.

What they build

  • Character.AI chat platform
  • Custom AI character creation tools
  • iOS and Android companion apps

Known for

  • Conversational and companion AI
  • Discovery, recommendation and search
  • Model alignment and safety
  • Large-scale AI infrastructure

Key facts

  • Founded in 2021
  • Headquartered in Palo Alto, California
  • Backed by Andreessen Horowitz
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