Founding ML Infra Architect

uRun

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 120,000 - 160,000

Full time

14 days+
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Paid time off
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Job summary

uRun is seeking a ML Infrastructure and Platform Engineer to lead the architecture and scaling of its GPU compute platform as a founding technical hire. You will have end-to-end ownership across the infrastructure stack, working directly with the founding team to define systems.

The role requires deep expertise in distributed systems and the ability to ensure high availability and low-latency inference. Competitive salary, equity, and top-tier benefits such as health coverage and a MacBook Pro are offered.

Qualifications

  • Proven experience designing and operating large-scale distributed infrastructure.
  • Deep expertise in distributed systems and large-scale resource scheduling.
  • Strong production reliability instincts across complex systems.

Responsibilities

  • Design and scale GPU compute platform to support 1,000+ GPU clusters.
  • Build infrastructure layer for compute marketplace with multi-tenant scheduling.
  • Own production reliability for ML systems end-to-end.

Skills

Distributed infrastructure design
Cluster orchestration
Production reliability
Technical leadership
Startup orientation

Job description

uRun is seeking a ML Infrastructure and Platform Engineer to lead the architecture and scaling of its GPU compute platform as a founding technical hire. You will have end-to-end ownership across the infrastructure stack, working directly with the founding team to define systems.

The role requires deep expertise in distributed systems and the ability to ensure high availability and low-latency inference. Competitive salary, equity, and top-tier benefits such as health coverage and a MacBook Pro are offered.

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