London AI Infrastructure Site Lead

AI Startups UK; Greater London; Hybrid; GBP 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Perplexity seeks a Site Lead to establish and scale its London office, building a capable engineering culture and direct management of infra teams. You will shape the site, drive technical excellence, and align with global infrastructure strategy.

You will lead 5–15+ engineers, hire talent, and partner with product and research to deliver scalable AI infrastructure across Europe. This is a high-impact role at a fast-growing AI company.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of software engineering experience with 5+ years in infrastructure or AI infra.
• 3+ years of people management and team-building experience.
• Proven track record of establishing or growing an engineering site.
• Deep expertise in distributed systems, cloud platforms, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Establish and lead London office, setting culture and operating principles.
• Build high-performance engineering culture aligned with company values.
• Directly manage infrastructure and AI infrastructure teams (5–15+ engineers).
• Set technical direction and align with company goals across sites.
• Drive architecture decisions and ensure scalable, reliable systems.
• Collaborate with global engineering leaders on standards and best practices.
• Hire, develop, and mentor engineers; create growth paths.
• Partner with Product, Engineering, and Research to plan infrastructure.

Skills

Software engineering

Infrastructure leadership

Distributed systems

Cloud platforms

Kubernetes

Terraform

AI infrastructure

GPU infrastructure

MLOps

CI/CD

Stakeholder management

Hiring & mentoring

People management

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Eng

5+ years in infra roles

Tools

AWS

GCP

Azure

Job description

Perplexity seeks a Site Lead to establish and scale its London office, building a capable engineering culture and direct management of infra teams. You will shape the site, drive technical excellence, and align with global infrastructure strategy.

You will lead 5–15+ engineers, hire talent, and partner with product and research to deliver scalable AI infrastructure across Europe. This is a high-impact role at a fast-growing AI company.