Software Engineer - Enterprise Platform

The Consensus; New York (NY); Hybrid; USD 130,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance

Flexible PTO policy

Paid parental leave

Fertility and family-building stipend

Company-facilitated 401(k)

Job summary

The Consensus is seeking a Senior Enterprise Platform Engineer to lead the development of critical infrastructure and features for enterprise clients and cloud partners. The role involves architecting solutions tailored for self-hosted and single-tenant environments while addressing complex regulatory and compliance requirements.

Ideal candidates will possess significant experience in distributed systems, cloud architectures, and enterprise security. Benefits include competitive compensation, full medical coverage, flexible PTO, and a commitment to diversity and inclusion.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in building distributed systems and cloud infrastructure.
• Advanced understanding of operational performance optimization.
• Ability to manage technical projects independently.

Responsibilities

• Architect and develop features for enterprise customers' infrastructure.
• Lead productized secure private connectivity solutions.
• Collaborate on partner-focused initiatives.

Skills

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Kubernetes-based solutions

Enterprise security

Compliance

Collaboration

Communication skills

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Cloud platforms

AI/ML tools

Job description

ABOUT BASETEN

Baseten powers mission‑critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting‑edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products.

THE ROLE

As a Senior Enterprise Platform Engineer at Baseten, you'll architect and lead development of infrastructure and platform features for our enterprise customers and cloud partners. This includes enabling self‑hosted and single‑tenant clusters, region‑aware request routing, enterprise‑grade data and security integrations, and more.

EXAMPLE INITIATIVES

You'll get to work on these types of projects as part of our Infrastructure team:

• Multi‑cloud capacity management
• Inference on B200 GPUs
• Multi‑node inference
• Fractional H100 GPUs for efficient model serving

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Architect and develop infrastructure and platform features tailored for enterprise customers, including self‑hosted clusters, single‑tenant environments, and cross‑cloud workload orchestration.
• Lead technical initiatives to productize secure and scalable private connectivity solutions.
• Design and implement solutions addressing the complex regulatory and compliance requirements of our customers, including data residency, auditability, and enterprise data protection.
• Advance our self‑hosted infrastructure offerings, focusing on capacity management, release management, and observability tooling.
• Collaborate on partner‑focused initiatives to deliver secure, minimal Baseten deployments within partner environments.
• Evaluate and implement emerging virtualization technologies to enhance platform isolation and security.
• Independently develop technical specifications, collaborate cross‑functionally to define product requirements, and drive projects from conception through execution.
• Provide mentorship and leadership on enterprise infrastructure best practices, fostering knowledge‑sharing across engineering teams.

REQUIREMENTS

• Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field
• 5+ years of experience building distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, or Kubernetes‑based solutions in production environments
• Past experience working with enterprise security, compliance, and privacy requirements
• Advanced understanding of distributed systems concepts, cloud architectures, and performance optimization
• Demonstrated ability to independently manage technical projects, from planning and specification through implementation
• Excellent collaboration and communication skills, with experience coordinating across functional teams and directly with customers
• Preferred experience working with AI/ML systems or familiarity with MLOps practices

BENEFITS

• Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
• 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
• Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility and family‑building stipend through Carrot
• Company‑facilitated 401(k)
• Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, where applicable).