Forward Deployed Engineer, Infrastructure

About the Role

Join an AI infrastructure team to lead end-to-end software deployments in enterprise customer environments, from cloud VPCs to on-premises hardware. You will work directly with customer engineering teams to make complex deployments reliable, secure, and repeatable.

What You'll Do

• Plan, configure, test, and roll out deployments in customer cloud and on-premises environments.

• Partner with customer IT, security, and platform teams, including through live technical discussions and occasional office visits.

• Diagnose and resolve infrastructure issues involving Kubernetes configuration, cloud IAM, networking, and related systems.

• Build monitoring, telemetry, and automation that turn deployment-specific work into reusable patterns.

• Understand the hardware requirements of machine learning workloads and deploy them on customer-controlled infrastructure.

What We're Looking For

• At least 3 years of experience in infrastructure engineering, DevOps, or SRE.

• Deep production experience with Kubernetes and Terraform, plus cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.

• Experience with networking, infrastructure as code, Linux, Docker, Helm, and cloud IAM.

• Background deploying software into customer-controlled environments, such as BYOC or VPC deployments, air-gapped systems, on-premises installations, or customer-managed clusters.

• Ability to communicate clearly, structure technical explanations, and diagnose issues live with external engineering teams.

• Experience in a startup or high-growth environment, with evidence of strong technical ownership and consistent role tenure.

• GPU infrastructure experience and familiarity with deployment tools such as Replicated or KOTS are relevant.

Compensation & Benefits

Base salary: $200,000 to $300,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.