Staff Systems Engineer, Aleph Alpha

Salary not provided

+ Virtual Stock Option Plan

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Rust

Senior and Expert level

Berlin

Office located in Heidelberg, Berlin

AI-powered research and application company

Be an early applicant

AI-powered research and application company

101-200 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechMachine LearningSaaS

Be an early applicant

Salary not provided

+ Virtual Stock Option Plan

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Rust

Senior and Expert level

Berlin

Office located in Heidelberg, Berlin

101-200 employees

B2BArtificial IntelligenceDeep TechMachine LearningSaaS

Company mission

To research and build the foundational technology for an era of strong AI.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

Extensive experience in designing, deploying, and maintaining Kubernetes clusters in production environments
Automation & CI/CD Expertise: Proficiency in tools such as Helm, Ansible, Terraform, ArgoCD, GitLab CI, and JFrog
Experience with Kubernetes Operators design and implementation
Strong programming skills in at least one language from our stack: Rust or Go
Deep understanding of security, reliability, and scalability best practices for infrastructure
Proven experience mentoring engineers, leading technical projects, and setting best practices
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of contributing to a culture of learning and innovation
Experience working in fast-paced startup environments is a plus

What the job involves

We are seeking an experienced Staff Systems Engineer to join our growing infrastructure team. As we advance our AI stack and scale our infrastructure, you will play a pivotal role in designing, maintaining, and optimizing our systems
Your expertise will help ensure high availability, security, and performance while enabling seamless deployment for our customers and internal teams
As a key technical leader, you will guide architectural decisions, mentor engineers, and drive improvements across our infrastructure. Your contributions will be instrumental in shaping the future of our AI-powered solutions
Lead the design, development, and optimization of the Pharia AI stack and the supporting infrastructure
Define best practices and guide teams in writing Helm charts and deploying their artifacts efficiently
Architect, set up, and maintain highly available Kubernetes (K8s) clusters on StackIT or similar cloud platforms
You know how to design, build and maintain Kubernets Operators
Provide strategic guidance and hands-on assistance to customers for deploying and maintaining our products on their infrastructure
Ensure compliance with security and reliability best practices; represent the team in audits and respond to security questionnaires
Act as a technical leader, mentoring engineers through pair programming, code reviews, and technical discussions
Drive automation efforts and improve CI/CD pipelines to enhance deployment efficiency and system resilience
Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align infrastructure with business and product goals

Our take

AI could contribute up to $15.7 trillion to the global economy in 2030. Aleph Alpha is a company that researches, develops and “operationalises'' large AI systems toward generalisable AI. The company offers GPT-3-like text (autoregressive language model using deep learning to produce human-like text) vision and strategy AI models.

Germany-based Aleph Alpha are the only European company pursuing this kind of work in AI-based technology for the public and private sectors. The company works with businesses to use its technology and filter it into a wide range of creative uses.

Recent funding heralds a new chapter of growth and innovation for Aleph Alpha. The infusion of capital will fuel the company's pursuit of groundbreaking research and advanced product development. With a focus on expanding academic partnerships and enhancing reproducibility, Aleph Alpha remains steadfast in its mission to drive technological progress.

Steph

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Company

Funding (last 2 of 5 rounds)

Nov 2023

$125m

SERIES B

Nov 2023

$375m

GRANT

Total funding: $641.3m

Company benefits

30 Days of paid vacation
Flexible working hours
Join a dynamic start-up and a rapidly growing team
Work with international industry and science experts
Take on responsibility and shape our company and technology
Regular team events

Company HQ

Wieblingen, Heidelberg, Germany

Leadership

Jonas Andrulis

(CEO)

Previously worked as a manager at Deloitte, was Founder and CEO at Pallas Ludens GmbH, and worked as a Sr. AI R&D Eng. Manager at Apple.

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