About the Role Company Overview Join a cutting-edge company that is reshaping how voice assistants integrate into everyday technology. As conversational AI continues to gain momentum, we are committed to providing businesses with the infrastructure needed to effectively deploy scalable voice solutions. Our team has experienced impressive growth and secured significant funding, and we're excited to expand our tight-knit group of six in our San Francisco office.
Mission As a
Founding Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you will be critical in scaling our real-time conversational infrastructure to handle millions of simultaneous calls, while maintaining sub-second response times and achieving 99.99% reliability. You will not only contribute technically but also help shape our organizational culture and values.
Key Responsibilities - Lead projects aimed at enhancing scalability.
- Complete initial projects swiftly, such as implementing high-availability Redis within the first week.
- Independently develop new systems, like a Custom Resource Definition for managing worker pools, within the first month.
- Establish and refine effective monitoring systems.
- Meet monitoring objectives quickly, including configuring Prometheus rules within two weeks.
- Improve infrastructure resilience by implementing features like automatic multi-cluster failover mechanisms.
Desired Skills & Experience - Proficient in Kubernetes, Pulumi, or similar distributed systems.
- Excellent communication skills for articulating ideas and feedback.
- Proactive and initiative-driven mindset.
- Ability to adapt and thrive in a dynamic startup environment.
- Entrepreneurial spirit with a passion for innovation.
Qualifications - Experience in foundational infrastructure or DevOps roles.
- At least 2 years of experience in a startup environment with fewer than 100 employees.
- A minimum of 10 years in engineering roles.
- Over 2 years of specialization in infrastructure.
Ideally, you are familiar with: aws
github actions
datadog
telephony or video streaming infrastructure
Go
typescript
distributed systems