Principal Cloud Platform Engineer
SambaNova · Austin, Texas, United States; San Jose, California, United States · Austin, TX · San Jose, CA
CHECKED 12H AGO
Infrastructureonsiteprincipal$210k–$280k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own production AI inferencing service serving models worldwide on RDU accelerators.
- Stand up AI infrastructure in new regions across US, Asia, Europe, Latin America.
- Ensure exceptional uptime and low-latency inference for agentic workloads.
What they offer
- Competitive total rewards including base salary plus equity
- 95% employee and 77% dependent medical premium coverage
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
- Dental, Vision, Disability, Life and AD&D insurance plans
- Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options
- Headspace subscription and Gympass+ membership
- One Medical membership and Employee Assistance Program
Ideal candidate
Reliability-obsessed platform engineer who thrives owning global customer-facing services end to end and turning operational pain into automation. Energized by on-call ownership, performance tuning, and delivering fast, dependable AI inference.
Requirements
- B.S. in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or related field
- 5+ years in Site Reliability Engineering or DevOps
- Experience supporting large-scale customer-facing service in public cloud (AWS, GCP, Azure)
- Strong programming and scripting skills in Python, Go, Rust, or Java
- Proven experience with Docker and Kubernetes
- Deep understanding of monitoring and observability principles and tools
- Experience with Infrastructure as Code such as Terraform or CloudFormation
- Experience with CI/CD principles and tools
- Strong Linux/Unix system administration fundamentals
Lab profile
About SambaNova
Full-stack AI infrastructure with RDU dataflow chips for fast agentic inference.
What they build
- RDU Reconfigurable Dataflow Unit
- SambaRack rack-scale hardware
- Full-stack AI inference platform
Known for
- Reconfigurable dataflow architecture alternative to GPUs
- High decode performance for agentic workloads
- Full-stack hardware-software co-design
Key facts
- Founded in 2017
- Headquartered in Palo Alto, California