Senior Platform engineer

ZipRecruiter; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Join Genmo, an innovative research lab focused on advancing AI through cutting-edge video technology. As an Architect, you'll lead the development of a robust multi-cluster infrastructure, ensuring efficient deployment and scaling of new models. Your expertise in distributed systems and automation will drive technical excellence and mentorship within the team.

Qualifications

• 5+ years building production-grade distributed systems.
• Fluency in Go or Rust plus Python.
• Experience with real-time protocols is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Architect a multi-cluster infrastructure layer.
• Automate deployment and workflow processes.
• Standardize infrastructure automation and CI/CD practices.

Skills

Distributed systems

Clear communication

Ownership mindset

Education

BS/MS/PhD in CS, EE, or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Helm

GitOps workflows

Service-mesh frameworks

CI/CD tooling

Observability stacks

GPU telemetry

Job description

Job DescriptionJob Description

We are Genmo, a research lab dedicated to building open, state-of-the-art models for video towards unlocking the right brain of AGI. Join us in shaping the future of AI and pushing the boundaries of what's possible in video .

What You’ll Do

• Architect a multi‑cluster infrastructure layer that spans clouds and on‑prem GPU fleets.

• Automate deployment, rollout, and autoscaling workflows so new models reach production with zero‑downtime.

• Forecast & plan GPU capacity to meet latency SLOs while controlling cost.

• Shape traffic policy for secure, low‑latency routing and global load balancing.

• Instrument & observe—deliver end‑to‑end telemetry and debuggability for every model and cluster.

• Standardize infrastructure automation, disaster‑recovery, and CI/CD practices across teams.

• Drive reliability through post‑incident review and continuous improvement.

• Mentor & lead—share distributed‑systems best practices and influence the long‑term roadmap.

You Have

• BS/MS/PhD in CS, EE, or related field.

• 5+ yrs building production‑grade distributed systems.

• Fluency in a systems (Go or Rust) plus Python.

• Clear, concise communication and an ownership mindset.

Nice to Have

• Experience tuning real‑time protocols (WebRTC, gRPC, HTTP/2) for high‑throughput inference.

• Multi‑cloud or edge deployments spanning AWS, GCP, Azure, or bare‑metal providers.

• Security and compliance for high‑performance, distributed AI platforms.

• Hands‑on expertise with:

  • Kubernetes internals and multi‑cluster operations

  • Infrastructure‑as‑code tools (Terraform, Helm) and GitOps workflows (Argo CD or Flux)

  • Service‑mesh frameworks (Linkerd, Istio, or Envoy Gateway)

  • Observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry) and GPU telemetry (NVIDIA DCGM)

  • CI/CD tooling (GitHub Actions, BuildKit)

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