Founding Principal Architect – AI Cloud Platform

Oxmiq Labs

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 250,000 - 400,000

Full time

14 days+

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Benefits offered by this job

Equity participation
Medical coverage

Job summary

OXMIQ is seeking a Founding Principal Architect to set the architecture and technical direction for the AI cloud platform, enabling reliable model serving, training, and AI infrastructure services. You will translate fast-moving tech into durable, production-ready systems for engineers and customers.

As a founding architect, you will mentor the team, lead design reviews, and ensure interfaces across compute, storage, and networking are coherent.

Qualifications

  • Experience with LLM inference and serving frameworks in production.
  • Experience with distributed training and model lifecycle workflows.
  • Fluency in Kubernetes-based platform design, scheduling, and observability.

Responsibilities

  • Define architecture for model serving, training, and AI infrastructure services.
  • Set standards for performance, cost, security, observability, resilience, and usability.
  • Evaluate technologies with prototypes and benchmarks to inform decisions.
  • Define interfaces with compute, storage, and networking teams for coherent AI workloads.
  • Lead and mentor founding engineers, drive design reviews, and turn architecture into services.
  • Use AI-assisted workflows to speed prototyping without compromising rigor.

Skills

LLM inference
Kubernetes
Distributed training
Model lifecycle
Architecture leadership

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS/CE or equivalent

Tools

vLLM
Accelerator stacks

Job description

OXMIQ is seeking a Founding Principal Architect to set the architecture and technical direction for the AI cloud platform, enabling reliable model serving, training, and AI infrastructure services. You will translate fast-moving tech into durable, production-ready systems for engineers and customers.

As a founding architect, you will mentor the team, lead design reviews, and ensure interfaces across compute, storage, and networking are coherent.

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