Collinear AI

Collinear AI

Engineering Leader

Sunnyvale, California

Sponsorship not specified$200k-$400kDetected 81 days ago
PythonDistributed SystemsSnowflakeDatabricksAWSGCPAzureCloud PlatformsDockerKubernetesDatadogMachine LearningResearchLeadershipCommunication

About the role

  • This role is deeply hands-on and focused on backend systems, infrastructure, and distributed execution, with a strong emphasis on performance, scalability, and enterprise readiness.
  • This role is ideal for someone who has built and operated cloud services at scale and wants to apply that experience to a complex, high-impact AI platform.

Responsibilities

  • Own the architecture, reliability, and scalability of Collinear's AI agent improvement product offerings.
  • Partner with founders and research leadership on technical strategy, roadmap, and tradeoffs.

Requirements

  • 7-10+ years of experience building backend systems, platforms, or cloud services.
  • Strong experience with distributed systems, infrastructure, and cloud-native architectures.
  • Hands-on experience with:

Nice to have

  • Experience in cloud or data infrastructure companies (e.g., AWS, GCP, Azure, Databricks, Snowflake, Datadog, Confluent).
  • Prior experience at an early-stage startup.
  • Some people management or hiring experience (not required).
  • Experience working on ML platforms, evaluation systems, or large-scale data pipelines.
  • Collinear is an equal opportunity employer and values diversity.
  • Collinear provides reasonable accommodations for candidates with disabilities throughout the application and hiring process.
  • If you need an accommodation, please contact us.
  • Pursuant to applicable local ordinances, we will consider qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records.

Compensation

  • The base salary range for this role in California is $200,000 to $400,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, and qualifications.

Company info

  • Design and operate multi-tenant, distributed backend systems that support enterprise customers.
  • We're looking for someone who is deeply technical, product-minded, and comfortable operating with ambiguity.

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