Cline

Cline

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

San Francisco · Senior

Sponsorship not specified$225k-$250kDetected 148 days ago
PythonGoBashDistributed SystemsGitAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformHelmCI/CDSite Reliability EngineeringPlatform EngineeringMachine LearningLLMs

About the role

  • Cline is the leading open-source AI coding agent.
  • Trusted by the world's largest engineering organizations and individual developers alike, Cline is model agnostic, provider agnostic, and IDE agnostic, meeting engineers everywhere they work while keeping code on your infrastructure.
  • Teams choose Cline because it's the only coding agent that combines cutting-edge capability with enterprise-grade security, using existing provider contracts directly with zero markup.

Responsibilities

  • Design and operate scalable, low-latency infrastructure for LLM inference, caching, and distributed APIs.
  • Build highly reliable and observable systems-defining SLAs, SLIs, and SLOs for core services.
  • Drive cloud infrastructure strategy (AWS/GCP/Azure), including networking, security, and cost optimization.
  • Implement CI/CD pipelines and developer productivity tooling to accelerate shipping velocity.
  • Collaborate with engineers to productionize AI models and optimize resource utilization (GPU scheduling, autoscaling).
  • At the senior level: mentor engineers, lead cross-functional technical projects, and contribute to long-term infrastructure roadmap.

Requirements

  • 6-8+ years experience in infrastructure, SRE, or platform engineering roles.
  • Expertise in cloud infrastructure (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Helm).
  • Proficiency in infrastructure-as-code tools (Terraform, Pulumi, or CloudFormation).
  • Hands-on experience with monitoring, observability, and incident response.
  • Final offer amounts are determined by multiple factors, including, experience and expertise, and may vary from the amounts listed above.
  • Strong background in distributed systems, networking, and performance optimization.
  • Solid programming/scripting skills (Python, Go, or Bash).
  • Our cash compensation range for this role is $225,000 - $250,000+.
  • Equity: In addition to the base salary, equity may be part of the total compensation package.

Compensation

  • Our cash compensation range for this role is $225,000 - $250,000+.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive health, dental, and vision insurance for you and your dependents.
  • In addition to the base salary, equity may be part of the total compensation package.

Company info

  • With over 5M+ installs and 57k+ GitHub stars, a community that grew 4,704% year over year. Cline is the leading open-source AI coding agent. Trusted by the world's largest engineering organizations and individual developers alike, Cline is model agnostic, provider agnostic, and IDE agnostic, meeting engineers everywhere they work while keeping code on your infrastructure. Teams choose Cline because it's the only coding agent that combines cutting-edge capability with enterprise-grade security, using existing provider contracts directly with zero markup. Cline has raised $32M in combined Series A and Seed funding, led by Emergence Capital and Pace Capital, with participation from 1984 Ventures, Essence VC, and Cox Exponential.
  • What we are looking for:
  • You'll be responsible for building and scaling the infrastructure that supports our AI inference pipelines, backend APIs, and enterprise integrations. This role goes beyond just keeping systems running-you'll design for scale, reliability, and developer velocity, collaborating closely with backend engineers and ML teams.
  • As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you'll also influence technical strategy, mentor other engineers, and drive infrastructure-wide initiatives that shape the future of our platform.
  • With over 5M+ installs and 57k+ GitHub stars, a community that grew 4,704% year over year.
  • Cline has raised $32M in combined Series A and Seed funding, led by Emergence Capital and Pace Capital, with participation from 1984 Ventures, Essence VC, and Cox Exponential.
  • You'll be responsible for building and scaling the infrastructure that supports our AI inference pipelines, backend APIs, and enterprise integrations.
  • This role goes beyond just keeping systems running-you'll design for scale, reliability, and developer velocity, collaborating closely with backend engineers and ML teams.

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