Platform Engineer

Hiverge Ltd; Town of Cambridge; On-site; AUD 100,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Generous benefits package

Stimulating work environment

Job summary

Hiverge Ltd in Town Of Cambridge is seeking a skilled Platform Engineer to design, deploy, and maintain cloud infrastructure. This role is crucial for enhancing the performance, reliability, and security of AI workloads.

The ideal candidate has over 5 years of experience with major cloud providers and strong knowledge of cloud security and infrastructure as code. Join our team to contribute to transformative technologies in AI.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience with AWS, GCP, Azure cloud infrastructure.
• Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools like Terraform or Helm.
• Deep understanding of cloud security practices.
• Familiarity with security frameworks such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud infrastructure on major providers.
• Deploy and operate AI agents ensuring high performance.
• Collaborate with teams to align infrastructure with business needs.
• Implement monitoring and logging solutions.

Skills

Cloud infrastructure

Infrastructure-as-code

Cloud security

Kubernetes

Golang

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Job description

Who we are

At Hiverge, our mission is to build algorithmic superintelligence: an AI discovery engine that automatically writes algorithms for the most critical optimisation problems.

Our founding team is composed of world‑class researchers from Google DeepMind and University of Cambridge, having co‑developed AlphaTensor, FunSearch, and Nobel‑prize winning AlphaFold. At Hiverge, you will be working with the brightest minds in AI, algorithms, and mathematics.

If you’re passionate about AI and eager to shape transformative technologies, we’d love to hear from you.

About this role

We are seeking a skilled Platform Engineer to join our team. You will play a key role in designing, deploying, and maintaining our cloud infrastructure. Your work will directly impact the performance, reliability, security and cost‑efficiency of our AI workloads.

You will:

• Design, implement, and maintain cloud‑based infrastructure on major cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure, etc).
• Design and implement security best practices and infrastructure hardening for all cloud deployments.
• Deploy and operate AI agents at scale, ensuring high availability and robust performance.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability solutions to enhance system visibility.
• Collaborate closely with product and engineering teams to align infrastructure with business needs.
• Take ownership of meeting defined SLOs, including participating in on‑call rotations.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience working with cloud infrastructure in a major cloud provider (AWS, GCP, Azure).
• Experience with infrastructure‑as‑code (IaC) in a production environment (Terraform, Helm etc).
• Deep understanding of cloud security best practices.
• Experience with Kubernetes.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, a related field, or equivalent experience.

What sets you apart

• Familiarity with security frameworks and compliance standards such as SOC 2 or ISO 27001.
• Experience with large‑scale AI / ML workloads (particularly using GPUs).
• Familiarity with AI agents or LLM‑based systems, especially LLM inference systems.
• Experience with Golang and Python.
• Open‑source contributions or active community involvement is highly valued.

We offer competitive compensation, generous benefits packages, and offer a stimulating work environment, with the opportunity to contribute to the future of generative AI.