Staff Platform Engineer - Canada

Inworld; Vancouver; On-site; CAD 170,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Join a leading AI startup revolutionizing gaming experiences as a Compute Platform Engineer. This innovative firm seeks a talented individual to build, secure, and scale their cutting-edge AI engine, collaborating with backend and ML engineers. You'll design and maintain high-performance cloud infrastructure, manage CI/CD pipelines, and foster a culture of ownership in operations. With a competitive salary and a dynamic team environment, this opportunity is perfect for those passionate about pushing the boundaries of technology in the gaming industry.

Qualifications

• 7+ years of software engineering experience with a focus on cloud infrastructure.
• 5+ years of experience with infrastructure-as-code tools.

Responsibilities

• Design, deploy, and maintain reliable cloud infrastructure for AI engine.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines and enhance engineering speed and efficiency.

Skills

Software Engineering

Infrastructure as Code

Kubernetes Management

CI/CD Pipeline Management

Cloud Provider Proficiency

Backend Programming (Golang, Python, Bash)

Root Cause Analysis

Tools

Terraform

ArgoCD

GitHub Actions

Ansible

Job description

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Why Join Inworld

Inworld is the best-funded startup in AI and games with a $500 million valuation and backing from top tier investors including Intel Capital, Microsoft’s M12 fund, Lightspeed Venture Partners, Section 32, BITKRAFT Ventures, Kleiner Perkins, Founders Fund, and First Spark Ventures.

Inworld is the leading AI engine for games and interactive media. Inworld’s suite of AI components enables developers to build interactive, responsive, and personalized AI gaming experiences, orchestrate models to create intelligent game behaviors, and unlock enhanced productivity with AI-generated content. Inworld powers experiences built by Ubisoft, NVIDIA, Niantic, NetEase Games and LG, among others, and has partnerships with key industry players such as Microsoft Xbox, Epic Games, and Unity.

Inworld was recognized by CB Insights as one of the 100 most promising AI companies in the world in 2024 and was also named among LinkedIn's Top Startups of 2024 in the USA.

Join our dynamic team as a Compute Platform Engineer and play a pivotal role in building, securing, and scaling our cutting-edge AI engine for games. Collaborate with backend and ML engineers to plan, deploy, and maintain services across major cloud providers using Terraform, ArgoCD and other tooling. As part of our small, collaborative team, your contributions will significantly shape our operations and innovation.

What you’ll do

• Work closely with backend and ML engineering teams to design, deploy, and maintain reliable, high-performance, and secure cloud infrastructure for our AI engine and Studio.
• Facilitate a "you build it, you run it" culture by providing the necessary tools and processes for monitoring the reliability, availability, and performance of services.
• Manage CI/CD pipelines to ensure smooth and efficient code integration and deployment.
• Identify and implement opportunities to enhance engineering speed and efficiency.
• Conduct root cause analysis to identify critical issues and develop automated solutions to prevent recurrence.
• Develop and share best practices to improve automation and efficiency across our engineering teams.

Expected experience

• 7 years of experience in software engineering.
• 5 years of experience with infrastructure-as-code.
• Proficiency in managing Kubernetes clusters and applications, including creating Kustomize manifests/Helm charts for new applications.
• Experience in creating and maintaining CI/CD pipelines for both applications and infrastructure deployments (using tools like Terraform/Terragrunt, ArgoCD, GitHub Actions, Ansible, etc.).
• Deep knowledge of at least one major cloud provider (Google Cloud Platform, Microsoft Azure, Oracle Cloud).
• Proficient in at least one backend programming/scripting language such as Golang, Python, and Bash.
• Experience with GPUs (optional).

Work location: British Columbia, Canada.

The base salary range for this full-time position is CAD $170,000 - $220,000. In addition to base pay, total compensation includes bonus, equity and benefits. Within the range, individual pay is determined by work location and additional factors, including competencies and experience.

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