Deepgram
Platform Engineer- AI/ML Infrastructure (Kubernetes, Slurm & Bare-Metal)
Remote Engineering role with clear candidate location fit.
PostedJul 3, 2026
Eligible countries1 accepted country
Seniority signalOpen level
Work settingRemote
Accepted candidate locations
USA
Role overview
Platform Engineer- AI/ML Infrastructure (Kubernetes, Slurm & Bare-Metal)
Requirements and responsibilities
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Company Operating Rhythm
- Architect and maintain our core computing platform using Kubernetes on AWS and on-premise, providing a stable, scalable environment for all applications and services.
- Develop and manage our entire infrastructure using Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) principles with Terraform, ensuring our environments are reproducible, versioned, and automated.
- Design, build, and optimize our AI/ML job scheduling and orchestration systems, integrating Slurm with our Kubernetes clusters to efficiently manage GPU resources.
- Provision, manage, and maintain our on-premise bare metal server infrastructure for high-performance GPU computing.
- Implement and manage the platform's networking (CNI, service mesh) and storage (CSI, S3) solutions to support high-throughput, low-latency workloads across hybrid environments.
- Develop a comprehensive observability stack (monitoring, logging, tracing) to ensure platform health, and create automation for operational tasks, incident response, and performance tuning.
- Collaborate with AI researchers and ML engineers to understand their infrastructure needs and build the tools and workflows that accelerate their development cycle.
Company Operating Rhythm
- Automate the life cycle of single-tenant, managed deployments
Company Operating Rhythm
- Are passionate about building platforms that empower developers and researchers.
- Enjoy creating elegant, automated solutions for complex infrastructure challenges in both cloud and data center environments.
- Thrive on optimizing hybrid infrastructure for performance, cost, and reliability.
- Are excited to work at the intersection of modern platform engineering and cutting-edge AI.
- Love to treat infrastructure as a product, continuously improving the developer experience.
Company Operating Rhythm
- 5+ years of experience in Platform Engineering, DevOps, or Site Reliability Engineering (SRE).
- Proven, hands-on experience building and managing production infrastructure with Terraform.
- Expert-level knowledge of Kubernetes architecture and operations in a large-scale environment.
- Experience with high-performance compute (HPC) job schedulers, specifically Slurm, for managing GPU-intensive AI workloads.
- Experience managing bare metal infrastructure, including server provisioning (e.g., PXE boot, MAAS), configuration, and lifecycle management.
- Strong scripting and automation skills (e.g., Python, Go, Bash).
Company Operating Rhythm
- Experience with CI/CD systems (e.g., GitLab CI, Jenkins, ArgoCD) and building developer tooling.
- Familiarity with FinOps principles and cloud cost optimization strategies.
- Knowledge of Kubernetes networking (e.g., Calico, Cilium) and storage (e.g., Ceph, Rook) solutions.
- Experience in a multi-region or hybrid cloud environment.
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