Principal AI Infrastructure Architect

TSMC - Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Limited; Washington; On-site; USD 166,800 - 241,800; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental and vision insurance

401(k) with employer match

Paid holidays and PTO

Job summary

TSMC Washington seeks a seasoned AI Infrastructure Tech Leader to define and build an enterprise-scale AI Infrastructure Platform. You will guide architecture, strategy, and cross‑regional collaboration to deploy secure, scalable AI services for thousands of engineers across North America and Taiwan.

Lead engineering teams, drive Kubernetes and deployment automation, and shape long-term roadmaps while partnering with product managers and architects to deliver robust AI platforms.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science or related field.
• 12+ years of software engineering experience.
• 5+ years leading architecture for distributed systems or cloud infrastructure.
• 3+ years hands-on experience designing enterprise AI platforms.
• 3+ years’ experience as a Principal/Staff/Distinguished Engineer or Technical Lead.
• Strong technical communication skills for collaborating with global cross-functional teams.

Responsibilities

• Define AI Platform Architecture and strategy for enterprise AI infrastructure.
• Build highly scalable AI infrastructure for LLM serving and model lifecycle management.
• Design distributed systems for high availability, multi-region deployment, disaster recovery, and service mesh.
• Drive Kubernetes, Platform-as-a-Service, and AI deployment automation practices.
• Provide technical leadership across North America and Taiwan, mentoring engineers and influencing roadmaps.

Skills

AI infrastructure

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Go/Python/Java

Strong technical communication

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Science

Tools

NVIDIA GPU ecosystem

vLLM

TensorRT-LLM

Triton Inference Server

Ray

Kubeflow

MLflow

Job description

TSMC Washington seeks a seasoned AI Infrastructure Tech Leader to define and build an enterprise-scale AI Infrastructure Platform. You will guide architecture, strategy, and cross‑regional collaboration to deploy secure, scalable AI services for thousands of engineers across North America and Taiwan.

Lead engineering teams, drive Kubernetes and deployment automation, and shape long-term roadmaps while partnering with product managers and architects to deliver robust AI platforms.