As the first platform hire, you will design and own the entire cloud-native infrastructure powering Magentic’s AI agents. You will build multi-tenant, multi-cloud systems from scratch, ensuring enterprise-grade security and observability for global manufacturing customers. This is a high-impact role shaping the technical backbone of a $3tn market solution.
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Founding Senior Platform Engineer at Magentic
Magentic.com is looking for its first dedicated Platform Engineer to build the infrastructure for the future of global manufacturing. Backed by Sequoia Capital and led by a team from OpenAI and NASA, Magentic is automating $3tn in procurement workflows with advanced AI agents. If you have deep Kubernetes expertise and want to own the entire cloud-native backbone of a high-growth AI startup from day one, this founding role offers significant equity and the chance to shape a world-class engineering culture in the heart of London.
About this role
Role overview
About the company
Magentic
Software
Magentic.com - Sequoia-backed AI agents for manufacturing procurement
What you'll do
What you will do
- Architect and manage production Kubernetes clusters and cloud-native backbones across both AWS and Azure environments.
- Implement robust IaC and GitOps-driven CI/CD pipelines to ensure secure, automated, and observable software delivery for AI agent workers.
- Lead security and compliance initiatives, including SOC2 and identity federation, to meet the rigorous demands of enterprise manufacturing clients.
Who you are
Who this is a fit for
- Proven track record of building and operating production-scale infrastructure using Terraform, Pulumi, and container orchestration in fast-paced startup environments.
- Deep mastery of Azure or AWS, with the versatility to manage multi-cloud deployments and complex networking requirements.
- Strong engineering mindset with the ability to translate loosely defined problems into production-ready architectures in days or weeks, not months.
Why this role
Why this role is remarkable
- Join as the founding platform engineer with total ownership of the infrastructure roadmap and the ability to build a "best-in-class" system without legacy constraints.
- Work alongside a world-class team from OpenAI, NASA, Meta, and Revolut, backed by top-tier investors including Sequoia Capital.
- Tackle complex technical challenges involving autonomous AI agents, multi-cloud deployments (AWS/Azure), and mission-critical supply chain automation at a massive scale.
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