As a founding engineer, you will design and own the cloud backbone for a high-traffic AI platform. You will build multi-region infrastructure, automate deployment pipelines, and optimize performance for intensive workloads. This is a high-impact role on an elite team, offering significant ownership and the chance to scale global systems.
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Founding Infrastructure Engineer at Fast-growing generative AI startup
Join an elite engineering team as a Founding Infrastructure Engineer at one of the fastest-growing AI startups in the industry. This is a unique opportunity to own the cloud backbone of a platform seeing 20-30% MoM growth, backed by top-tier VCs and tech legends. If you are a Terraform expert with experience scaling global AWS environments and want to secure significant equity in a high-traction company, this London-based role offers the impact and ownership you've been looking for.
Overview
Role overview
Company
About the company
Fast-growing generative AI startup
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Design and maintain scalable AWS environments using Terraform to ensure reliability and cost efficiency.
- Build infrastructure patterns for rapid multi-region deployment and isolated single-tenant customer environments.
- Implement robust observability and performance tuning for high-frequency AI processing and low-latency routing.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- 5+ years of experience owning cloud infrastructure at scale with expertise in Terraform and AWS.
- Proven track record of building sophisticated CI/CD pipelines and managing container orchestration.
- Strong background in cloud networking, security best practices, and performance monitoring for distributed systems.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Join an elite, talent-dense engineering team during a period of explosive monthly revenue growth and global adoption.
- Secure a founding-level role with significant equity in a platform backed by world-class venture capital and industry leaders.
- Solve complex architectural challenges involving multi-tenant isolation and high-throughput AI workloads at a global scale.
Jack & Jill
How Jack & Jill work together
Meet Jack
Jack gets to know what you're great at and what you want next, then searches 14 million jobs daily and introduces you directly to hiring managers.
How does this work?
Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.
Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.
If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives.