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AI Platform Engineer, Infrastructure

BrainCo

Bay Area, CAHybridFull-timeNo compensation foundPosted 11mo agoVerified open 5 days ago

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Location
Bay Area, CAHybrid
Schedule
Full-time
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Job overview

BrainCo is hiring an AI Platform Engineer, Infrastructure. Brain Co. is seeking an AI Platform Engineer, Infrastructure to design and scale Kubernetes- and Terraform-based infrastructure for large, regulated institutions. This role involves defining standards for networking, security, CI/CD, and multi-region deployments, as well as building and maintaining observability tools. The engineer will diagnose and improve performance across distributed systems and AI workloads, supporting high-performance inference, data pipelines, and large-scale backend services. The position requires ensuring systems scale reliably under fast-growing and unpredictable workloads and partnering with technical...

Key focus areas include Design and scale Kubernetes- and Terraform-based infrastructure across customer environments, Define standards for networking, security, CI/CD, and multi-region deployments, and Build and maintain metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, and SLOs.

Successful candidates bring 5+ Years Backend Or Infra Systems. Important skills include Kubernetes, Terraform, Cloud Networking, Orchestration Tools, Observability Tools, and Distributed Systems. Preferred (not required): Mentoring Engineers.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

KubernetesTerraformCloud NetworkingOrchestration ToolsObservability ToolsDistributed SystemsPerformance ImprovementIncident ManagementCustomer CollaborationTeam CollaborationSetting Engineering StandardsProblem SolvingMentoring Engineers

Qualifications

5+ Years Building Large-Scale Backend Systems5+ Years Building Infra Systems

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
Paid Time Off
401(k) Match

Full job description

OUR MISSION

Rebuild how the world works, to make institutions work better for the people they serve.

ABOUT BRAIN CO.

Brain Co. builds AI-native operating systems for large, regulated institutions. Each system is built for a specific industry, powered by agents that push real workflows forward. Underneath it all is Atlas, our proprietary platform that keeps customers in control, secure by design, and never locked into one model.

WHY NOW

Brain Co. is entering its next phase of production deployments on a national scale with an elite team built from Palantir, Google, Meta, and Nvidia, and a growing footprint across government, insurance, health, and financial services.

Joining now means shaping both the company and a new category of applied AI. Every project here ships to production and is expected to create measurable customer value and impact.

You'll work alongside exceptional peers on some of the hardest problems in applied AI. It’s the kind of work you'll still be proud of in ten years from now.

WHAT YOU’LL WORK ON:

  • Design and scale Kubernetes- and Terraform-based infrastructure across customer environments.

  • Define standards for networking, security, CI/CD, and multi-region deployments.

  • Build and maintain metrics, logging, tracing, dashboards, and SLOs.

  • Diagnose and improve performance across distributed systems and AI workloads.

  • Support high-performance inference, data pipelines, and large-scale backend services.

  • Ensure systems scale reliably under fast-growing and unpredictable workloads.

  • Partner with technical leaders on architecture and mentor engineers.

YOU MIGHT BE A GREAT FIT IF YOU…

  • Have 5+ years building large-scale backend or infra systems.

  • Know Kubernetes, Terraform, cloud networking, orchestration, and observability tools.

  • Bring strong distributed systems, performance, and incident-response experience

  • Work well with customers and teams to deliver reliable solutions.

  • Thrive in high-agency environments and set engineering standards.

  • Enjoy ambiguity, autonomy, and solving tough infra problems.

WHY JOIN US

  • Ship quickly, iterate constantly and see your work deployed at global scale

  • Collaborate with industry veterans from Tesla, DeepMind, Databricks, and more

  • Accelerate your career with ownership based on impact, not tenure

  • Earn competitive compensation + meaningful equity in a high-growth company

  • Thrive in a culture built on speed, curiosity, and impact

BENEFITS

  • Competitive salary plus equity

  • Daily lunches

  • Commuter benefits

  • 401(k)

  • Medical, Dental and Vision

  • Unlimited PTO

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