Senior Platform Engineer

1. About the Role

We're looking for a Senior Platform Engineer to build and maintain the core infrastructure that powers our governed semantic reasoning engine. You'll work on distributed systems, high-performance computing, and scalable architectures that enable enterprise-grade AI governance.

This role is critical to our mission of making AI trustworthy, auditable, and accountable. You'll collaborate with research scientists, ML engineers, and product teams to design systems that balance performance, reliability, and governance requirements.

2. Key Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable platform infrastructure for semantic reasoning workloads
• Build distributed systems that handle enterprise-scale data processing
• Optimize performance and reliability of core platform services
• Collaborate with ML engineers to deploy and scale reasoning pipelines
• Implement governance and auditability features at the infrastructure level
• Maintain and improve system observability, monitoring, and alerting
• Contribute to architectural decisions and technical roadmap

3. Required Qualifications

• Experience: 5+ years of experience building and operating distributed systems
• Programming: Strong background in systems programming (Rust, Go, C++, or similar)
• Architecture: Experience with cloud-native architectures and containerization
• Distributed Systems: Deep understanding of distributed systems concepts (consensus, replication, consistency)
• Performance: Experience with performance optimization and system tuning
• Problem Solving: Strong problem-solving skills and attention to detail
• Communication: Excellent communication skills and ability to work in a remote team

4. Ideal Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate brings a unique combination of systems depth and architectural vision. You thrive in high-growth environments and are energised by the challenge of building infrastructure that enables trustworthy enterprise AI.

• You've successfully built distributed systems that handle enterprise-scale workloads
• You understand the nuances of balancing performance, reliability, and governance requirements
• You're comfortable operating in ambiguity and can create structure from complex infrastructure challenges
• You lead by example and aren't afraid to roll up your sleeves
• You're passionate about the potential of platform infrastructure to enable governed AI
• You value reliability, performance, and building systems that teams can trust

5. Compensation

We offer a competitive compensation package designed to attract and retain exceptional talent:

• Base Salary: Competitive base commensurate with experience and market rates
• Variable Compensation: Performance-based bonus structure tied to platform reliability and performance
• Equity: Meaningful equity stake reflecting the importance of this role

6. Benefits & Perks

We invest in our team with benefits designed to support your best work and life: