Software Engineer, Cloud Platform
Baseten · San Francisco
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**About Baseten** Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world’s most dynamic AI companies (e.g., Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma, Writer). By combining applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we help frontier AI companies bring cutting-edge models into production. We’re growing quickly and recently raised our **$1.5B Series F**. **The Role — Cloud Platform Engineering** Own the **Kubernetes fleet** that runs our production AI workloads. You’ll turn manual cluster operations into **reliable, repeatable systems**—from onboarding new cloud providers to rolling out configuration and upgrades safely across the fleet. This is a hands-on engineering role with ownership from **design through production**. You’ll build **APIs, controllers, and automation** that: - Make infrastructure easier to operate - Reduce configuration drift - Bring **GPU capacity online** seamlessly to support AI inference growth **Example Initiatives** - Unify Kubernetes platform configuration under **GitOps**, replacing duplicated manifests with shared configuration and explicit provider overrides - Automate cluster onboarding/provisioning using reusable infrastructure templates, readiness checks, and recoverable workflows - Build **controllers and rollout mechanisms** for fleet upgrades and workload-aware maintenance **Responsibilities** - Design, build, and operate services, APIs, and Kubernetes controllers for automated cluster lifecycle management - Develop reusable **Terraform modules** and **GitOps** configuration across cloud and GPU infrastructure providers - Make infrastructure changes safe via validation, staged rollouts, clear ownership boundaries, and tested recovery paths - Add observability to automation so engineers can understand progress, diagnose failures, and retry safely - Partner with infrastructure and workload teams to define platform interfaces, resolve operational pain points, and drive adoption **Requirements** - Experience building and owning production infrastructure software or distributed systems - Strong programming skills in **Go** (or another systems/backend language) with ability to contribute to a Go codebase - Deep Kubernetes infrastructure experience, including building controllers/operators and understanding reconciliation, custom resources, and failure handling - Practical experience with **Infrastructure as Code** and **GitOps** (e.g., Terraform + Flux or Argo CD) - Strong Linux, networking, and debugging fundamentals; good judgment about reliability and production impact - Ability to turn ambiguous operational problems into maintainable software and communicate tradeoffs clearly **Nice to Have** - Experience managing Kubernetes fleets across multiple clouds or GPU infrastructure providers - Contributions to Kubernetes or infrastructure open source, or experience with workflow orchestration and progressive delivery **Benefits** - Competitive compensation with meaningful equity - (U.S. only) 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employees and dependents - Flexible PTO, including company-wide Winter Break (offices closed Dec 24–Jan 1) - Paid parental leave - Fertility and family-building stipend (via Carrot) - (U.S. only) Company-facilitated 401(k) - Exposure to a variety of ML startups **Equal Opportunity** Baseten is committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace and is an Equal Opportunity Employer. **Apply** If you’re moti
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