# Member of Technical Staff (AI Infrastructure Engineer) — Perplexity

Canonical: https://jobxdubai.com/jobs/60deb376-51b-member-of-technical-staff-ai-infrastructure-engineer
Location: -, Remote (remote)
Type: full_time · Level: senior
Monthly salary: AED 25,000 to 45,000 per month (estimated, not employer-stated) (UAE salaries are tax-free)
Posted: 2026-04-13
Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/perplexity/60deb376-51b5-46c6-9e17-55377a5ef34e/application

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## Description

We are looking for an AI Infra engineer to join our growing team. We work with Kubernetes, Slurm, Python, C++, PyTorch, and primarily on AWS. As an AI Infrastructure Engineer, you will be partnering closely with our Inference and Research teams to build, deploy, and optimize our large-scale AI training and inference clusters.

Responsibilities
- Design, deploy, and maintain scalable Kubernetes clusters for AI model inference and training workloads

- Manage and optimize Slurm-based HPC environments for distributed training of large language models

- Develop robust APIs and orchestration systems for both training pipelines and inference services

- Implement resource scheduling and job management systems across heterogeneous compute environments

- Benchmark system performance, diagnose bottlenecks, and implement improvements across both training and inference infrastructure

- Build monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions tailored to ML workloads running on Kubernetes and Slurm

- Respond swiftly to system outages and collaborate across teams to maintain high uptime for critical training runs and inference services

- Optimize cluster utilization and implement autoscaling strategies for dynamic workload demands

Qualifications
- Strong expertise in Kubernetes administration, including custom resource definitions, operators, and cluster management

- Hands-on experience with Slurm workload management, including job scheduling, resource allocation, and cluster optimization

- Experience with deploying and managing distributed training systems at scale

- Deep understanding of container orchestration and distributed systems architecture

- High level familiarity with LLM architecture and training processes (Multi-Head Attention, Multi/Grouped-Query, distributed training strategies)

- Experience managing GPU clusters and optimizing compute resource utilization

Required Skills
- Expert-level Kubernetes administration and YAML configuration management

- Proficiency with Slurm job scheduling, resource management, and cluster configuration

- Python and C++ programming with focus on systems and infrastructure automation

- Hands-on experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch in distributed training contexts

- Strong understanding of networking, storage, and compute resource management for ML workloads

- Experience developing APIs and managing distributed systems for both batch and real-time workloads

- Solid debugging and monitoring skills with expertise in observability tools for containerized environments

Preferred Skills
- Experience with Kubernetes operators and custom controllers for ML workloads

- Advanced Slurm administration including multi-cluster federation and advanced scheduling policies

- Familiarity with GPU cluster management and CUDA optimization

- Experience with other ML frameworks like TensorFlow or distributed training libraries

- Background in HPC environments, parallel computing, and high-performance networking

- Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible) and GitOps practices

- Experience with container registries, image optimization, and multi-stage builds for ML workloads

Required Experience
- Demonstrated experience managing large-scale Kubernetes deployments in production environments

- Proven track record with Slurm cluster administration and HPC workload management

- Previous roles in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering with focus on ML infrastructure

- Experience supporting both long-running training jobs and high-availability inference services

- Ideally, 3-5 years of relevant experience in ML systems deployment with specific focus on cluster orchestration and resource management

## Requirements

Qualifications: - Strong expertise in Kubernetes administration, including custom resource definitions, operators, and cluster management - Hands-on experience with Slurm workload management, including job scheduling, resource allocation, and cluster optimization - Experience with deploying and managing distributed training systems at scale - Deep understanding of container orchestration and distributed systems architecture - High level familiarity with LLM architecture and training processes (Multi-Head Attention, Multi/Grouped-Query, distributed training strategies) - Experience managing GPU clusters and optimizing compute resource utilization Required Skills: - Expert-level Kubernetes administration and YAML configuration management - Proficiency with Slurm job scheduling, resource management, and cluster configuration - Python and C++ programming with focus on systems and infrastructure automation - Hands-on experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch in distributed training contexts - Strong understanding of networking, storage, and compute resource management for ML workloads - Experience developing APIs and managing distributed systems for both batch and real-time workloads - Solid debugging and monitoring skills with expertise in observability tools for containerized environments Preferred Skills (not mandatory): - Experience with Kubernetes operators and custom controllers for ML workloads - Advanced Slurm administration including multi-cluster federation and advanced scheduling policies - Familiarity with GPU cluster management and CUDA optimization - Experience with other ML frameworks like TensorFlow or distributed training libraries - Background in HPC environments, parallel computing, and high-performance networking - Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible) and GitOps practices - Experience with container registries, image optimization, and multi-stage builds for ML workloads - Demonstrated experience managing large-scale Kubernetes deployments in production environments - Proven track record with Slurm cluster administration and HPC workload management - Previous roles in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering with focus on ML infrastructure

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