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Member of Technical Staff (AI Infrastructure Engineer)

PerplexityOn UK sponsor register
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Location
London
Seniority
Mid level
First listed
7 Nov 2026

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Perplexity has an open Member of Technical Staff (AI Infrastructure Engineer) role in London. Perplexity AI Ltd is on the UK Home Office register of licensed sponsors with an A rating (checked 12 Nov 2026), so it can sponsor workers. The posting doesn't state pay and doesn't mention visa sponsorship. First listed here on 7 Nov 2026.

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Member of Technical Staff (AI Infrastructure Engineer)

We are looking for an AI Infra engineer to join our growing team. We work with Kubernetes, Slurm, Python, C++, PyTorch, and primarily on AWS. As an AI Infrastructure Engineer, you will be partnering closely with our Inference and Research teams to build, deploy, and optimize our large-scale AI training and inference clusters.

RESPONSIBILITIES

  • Design, deploy, and maintain scalable Kubernetes clusters for AI model inference and training workloads
  • Manage and optimize Slurm-based HPC environments for distributed training of large language models
  • Develop robust APIs and orchestration systems for both training pipelines and inference services
  • Implement resource scheduling and job management systems across heterogeneous compute environments
  • Benchmark system performance, diagnose bottlenecks, and implement improvements across both training and inference infrastructure
  • Build monitoring, alerting, and observability solutions tailored to ML workloads running on Kubernetes and Slurm
  • Respond swiftly to system outages and collaborate across teams to maintain high uptime for critical training runs and inference services
  • Optimize cluster utilization and implement autoscaling strategies for dynamic workload demands

QUALIFICATIONS

  • Strong expertise in Kubernetes administration, including custom resource definitions, operators, and cluster management
  • Hands-on experience with Slurm workload management, including job scheduling, resource allocation, and cluster optimization
  • Experience with deploying and managing distributed training systems at scale
  • Deep understanding of container orchestration and distributed systems architecture
  • High level familiarity with LLM architecture and training processes (Multi-Head Attention, Multi/Grouped-Query, distributed training strategies)
  • Experience managing GPU clusters and optimizing compute resource utilization

REQUIRED SKILLS

  • Expert-level Kubernetes administration and YAML configuration management
  • Proficiency with Slurm job scheduling, resource management, and cluster configuration
  • Python and C++ programming with focus on systems and infrastructure automation
  • Hands-on experience with ML frameworks such as PyTorch in distributed training contexts
  • Strong understanding of networking, storage, and compute resource management for ML workloads
  • Experience developing APIs and managing distributed systems for both batch and real-time workloads
  • Solid debugging and monitoring skills with expertise in observability tools for containerized environments

PREFERRED SKILLS

  • Experience with Kubernetes operators and custom controllers for ML workloads
  • Advanced Slurm administration including multi-cluster federation and advanced scheduling policies
  • Familiarity with GPU cluster management and CUDA optimization
  • Experience with other ML frameworks like TensorFlow or distributed training libraries
  • Background in HPC environments, parallel computing, and high-performance networking
  • Knowledge of infrastructure as code (Terraform, Ansible) and GitOps practices
  • Experience with container registries, image optimization, and multi-stage builds for ML workloads

REQUIRED EXPERIENCE

  • Demonstrated experience managing large-scale Kubernetes deployments in production environments
  • Proven track record with Slurm cluster administration and HPC workload management
  • Previous roles in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering with focus on ML infrastructure
  • Experience supporting both long-running training jobs and high-availability inference services
  • Ideally, 3-5 years of relevant experience in ML systems deployment with specific focus on cluster orchestration and resource management

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