Simile
Infrastructure Engineer - Member of Technical Staff
San Francisco · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$200k-$400kDetected 144 days ago
Distributed SystemsAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsKubernetesTerraformCI/CDDatadogRESTMachine LearningAgentic AIComplianceDNSLoad BalancingHIPAAResearchCommunication
About the role
- We are looking for an Infrastructure Engineer who thrives on the complexity of modern deployment patterns.
- The Infrastructure team is the backbone of our platform.
- We operate at the intersection of high-scale cloud networking, distributed systems, and enterprise-grade privacy.
Responsibilities
- Architect Multi-Cloud Environments: Design and scale multi-region architectures across AWS and GCP to support global data residency and failover requirements.
- Enable Engineering Velocity: Partner cross-functionally with Product Engineering, Research, and Security teams to build internal tooling and "paved paths" that accelerate development velocity and empower every engineer to ship with confidence.
- Own Enterprise Connectivity: Build and automate secure networking solutions, including VPC peering, PrivateLink, and dedicated interconnects for customer-managed environments.
- Drive Reliability: Set and maintain strict SLOs. You'll optimize networking paths and resource allocation to ensure our real-time AI features hit their latency targets.
- Champion GitOps: Manage our entire stack via Terraform/Pulumi
- Security & Compliance: Implement "security-by-design," focusing on encryption at rest/transit and identity management (SAML/SCIM) to meet SOC2 and HIPAA standards.
- Champion GitOps: Manage our entire stack via Terraform/Pulumi; ensuring that "the code is the truth" across all environments.
- Developing the CI/CD pipelines and observability stacks (p99 latency tracking, SLOs) that empower our entire engineering org to ship safely.
- Partner cross-functionally with Product Engineering, Research, and Security teams to build internal tooling and "paved paths" that accelerate development velocity and empower every engineer to ship with confidence.
- Build and automate secure networking solutions, including VPC peering, PrivateLink, and dedicated interconnects for customer-managed environments.
Requirements
- 5+ years of experience building production-grade infrastructure in a high-growth environment.
- IaC Architect: Proven track record managing large-scale environments using Terraform, Pulumi, or other production-ready, battle-tested IaC tools with a focus on reusable, modular infrastructure.
- Operational Mindset: Experience with modern observability (Datadog, OpenTelemetry) and a "you build it, you run it" mentality.
- Experience with modern observability (Datadog, OpenTelemetry) and a "you build it, you run it" mentality.
Nice to have
- Deep expertise in AWS is required
- experience with GCP or Azure is a major plus.
- Cloud Polyglot: Deep expertise in AWS is required
Skills
- Managing our multi-cloud footprint (AWS/GCP) with a focus on high availability, cost-efficiency, and Infrastructure-as-Code.
- Final offers are based on experience, specialized skills, interview performance, and relevant training.
Compensation
- $200,000 - $400,000 USD
- Note: Final offers are based on experience, specialized skills, interview performance, and relevant training.
- We prioritize thoughtful conversations and clear examples of past work.
- Our hiring journey is designed to help both sides align on fit, working style, and expectations.
- Reapplication Policy: To ensure a fair and thorough evaluation for all applicants, Simile observes a 90-day waiting period before reconsidering candidates for the same role.
- At Simile, we provide competitive compensation packages that include base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits.
Benefits
- At Simile, we provide competitive compensation packages that include base salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits.
- Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision coverage.
- Equity: Grants are available for eligible roles, subject to board approval.
- Time Off: Flexible time off policies to support work-life balance.
Company info
- Pilots don't train with real passengers.
- Actors don't rehearse with real audiences.
- Yet, the most consequential decisions in society are often pushed straight to production.
- Simile is changing that.
- We have built the first AI simulation of society, populated by generative agents based on real humans.
- Our research pioneered the field of AI-based simulation, proving it is possible to model human behavior with high accuracy.
- Today, we are developing a Foundation Model to predict human behavior in any situation, at any scale.
- We are backed by $100M in funding led by Index Ventures, with participation from Hanabi, A*, Bain Capital Ventures, and AI visionaries including Andrej Karpathy, Fei-Fei Li, Adam D'Angelo, and Guillermo Rauch.
- We build the foundational systems that allow our AI agents to operate at scale with uncompromising security.
Equal opportunity
- Simile is an equal opportunity workplace.
- We welcome applicants of all backgrounds and identities, valuing an environment where everyone can contribute authentically.
- Accommodations: If you require support or reasonable accommodations during the application process due to a disability, please let us know.
- We are happy to assist.
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