Staff AI Infrastructure Engineer

Emerald AI; United States; Hybrid; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Make an impact

World-class team

Build from scratch

Equity

Benefits

Flexible location

Top investors

Job summary

Emerald AI is seeking a highly technical Member of Technical Staff to invent and build the next generation of AI infrastructure software. You will work at the intersection of AI systems, distributed computing, cloud infrastructure, and energy-aware optimization, turning research into production deployments.

This role targets researchers who also enjoy hands-on software engineering and building production-grade infrastructure that runs on thousands of GPUs.

Qualifications

• PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Strong background in ML systems, AI infrastructure, distributed systems, cloud computing or HPC.
• Excellent software engineering skills; experience with large systems in C++, Python, Go, or Rust.
• Experience building research prototypes or large-scale production code.
• Strong publication record or demonstrated impactful technical work.
• Ability to drive research from idea to implementation and evaluation.

Responsibilities

• Design and build novel systems for power-aware AI infrastructure, distributed computing, and large-scale cloud platforms.
• Develop production-quality software, research prototypes, and experimental infrastructure for real-world AI data centers.
• Apply ML, optimization, systems, or control techniques to AI infrastructure and cloud operations.
• Design, implement, and evaluate algorithms on large-scale experimental platforms and deployments.
• Collaborate with product and customer teams to translate research into products.
• Collaborate with industry and academia on cutting-edge research initiatives.
• Publish high-impact research in leading conferences when appropriate.
• Help shape Emerald AI's long-term technical roadmap and explore new directions with commercial impact.

Skills

C++

Python

Go

Rust

ML systems

AI infrastructure

Distributed systems

Cloud computing

HPC

Performance optimization

Education

PhD in CS/CE/EE

Tools

Kubernetes

Slurm

Distributed training frameworks

Job description

Emerald AI is seeking a highly technical Member of Technical Staff to invent and build the next generation of AI infrastructure software. You will work at the intersection of AI systems, distributed computing, cloud infrastructure, and energy-aware optimization, turning research into production deployments.

This role targets researchers who also enjoy hands-on software engineering and building production-grade infrastructure that runs on thousands of GPUs.