System Engineer

Acceler8 Talent

San Francisco (CA)

On-site

USD 150,000 - 250,000

Full time

14 days+
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Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary
Small, high-impact team
Work with top AI video labs

Job summary

A Series A funded start-up is seeking a Systems Engineer to design and optimize systems handling ML and ETL pipelines at scale. The ideal candidate has 3+ years of experience in building data infrastructure and strong coding skills in Go and Python. This role offers a competitive salary of up to $250k and the chance to work with top AI video labs on cutting-edge projects.

Qualifications

  • 3+ years building foundational data infrastructure.
  • Experience designing and maintaining pipelines that process petabytes of data.
  • Strong background developing CI/CD pipelines for ML-focused teams.
  • Excellent coding skills in Go and Python.
  • Independent contributor who leads by example.

Responsibilities

  • Design and engineer systems that handle ML and ETL pipelines.
  • Optimize distributed systems for thousands of GPUs.
  • Build systems processing video data at internet scale.
  • Develop internal tooling and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Focus on uptime and performance optimization.

Skills

Building foundational data infrastructure
Designing and maintaining data pipelines
Developing CI/CD pipelines
Coding in Go
Coding in Python
Leading by example

Job description

This range is provided by Acceler8 Talent. Your actual pay will be based on your skills and experience — talk with your recruiter to learn more.

Base pay range

$150,000.00/yr - $250,000.00/yr

Apply now for immediate consideration!

About the Company

A Series A funded start-up building next-generation AI infrastructure for video intelligence. They are looking for a Systems Engineer to join their team.

What You'll Be Doing:
  • Design and engineer systems that handle compute, scheduling, and orchestration of complex ML + ETL pipelines
  • Optimize hyper-fast distributed systems running at the scale of thousands of GPUs
  • Build systems that process video data quickly, reliably, and cost-effectively at internet scale
  • Develop robust internal tooling and CI/CD pipelines for rapid ML team iteration
  • Focus on system uptime and performance optimization for mission-critical infrastructure
What We're Looking For:
  • 3+ years building foundational data infrastructure
  • Experience designing and maintaining pipelines that process petabytes of data
  • Strong background developing CI/CD pipelines for ML-focused teams
  • Excellent coding skills in Go and Python
  • Independent contributor who leads by example
What's In It For You
  • Competitive salary up to $250k
  • Small, high-impact team with significant growth trajectory
  • Opportunity to work with top AI video labs and collect world-class datasets

Apply now for immediate consideration!

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