Location: US Remote / Bay Area
Job Type: Full-time
Level: Mid-Level / Senior
About Aldea
Aldea is a multi-modal foundational AI company reimagining the scaling laws of intelligence. We believe today's architectures create unnecessary bottlenecks for the evolution of software. Our mission is to build the next generation of foundational models that power a more expressive, contextual, and intelligent human–machine interface.
The MissionWe are seeking an Infrastructure Engineer to bridge the gap between complex hybrid infrastructure and developer velocity. You will architect a unified platform spanning AWS and Bare Metal Kubernetes.
At this level, you bring technical direction and expertise to the table. You will participate in planning and discussion for architecting resilient infrastructure, drive cross-team initiatives, and mentor other engineers while remaining deeply hands-on. Your ultimate goal is to build a "Golden Path" for engineering: automated releases, deep observability, and a platform experience that feels invisible to the end user.
Key Responsibilities1. Hybrid Infrastructure & Bare Metal (AWS + K8s)
- Unified IaC Strategy: Architect and maintain the Terraform codebase for both AWS services (EKS, RDS, VPC) and Bare Metal clusters. You will treat physical infrastructure as mutable software, using tools like Cluster API, Metal3, or Tinkerbell to manage hardware lifecycles.
- Bare Metal Mastery: Manage multiple production clusters on bare metal with clear separation of environments. You will solve complex challenges including networking (BGP, ECMP), load balancing (MetalLB/Kube-VIP), and storage orchestration (CSI/Rook-Ceph) for stateful workloads.
2. Observability & AI Monitoring
- Full-Stack Visibility: Contribute to building our stack (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK/Loki) to monitor both EKS and bare metal.
- AI/GPU Telemetry: Build specialized dashboards for AI workloads. You will track GPU metrics, CPU saturation, and memory pressure to ensure efficient resource utilization.
4. CI/CD & Release Architecture
- CI/CD at Scale: Architect resilient, multi-region pipelines using GitHub Actions. Automated CI/CD for apps using ArgoCD. You will build and manage a fleet of self-hosted runners to control costs and accelerate feedback loops.
- Secure Release Engineering: Implement end-to-end workflows: Docker image build → Helm chart release → deployment (GH Actions + ArgoCD). Semantic versioning, manage artifacts in centralized registries, and integrate vulnerability scanning.
5. Leadership & Collaboration
- Technical Direction: Lead design reviews and drive platform roadmaps that balance reliability, cost, and developer productivity.
- Cross-Functional Partnership: Partner with product, security, and application teams to translate business needs into robust platform capabilities.
- Experience: Infrastructure, DevOps, or SRE roles, with primary ownership of production systems in AWS and Bare Metal Kubernetes.
- Technical Arsenal: Expert fluency in Terraform, Linux/Bash or Python scripting, and GitHub Actions, and ArgoCD
- Bare Metal & K8s: Proven experience operating Kubernetes in production, including hybrid setups (EKS + On-Prem). You understand networking (CNI, BGP), storage (CSI), and cluster lifecycle management.
- Observability Depth: You have moved beyond "out-of-the-box" dashboards. You understand high-cardinality metrics, log retention strategies, and how to debug distributed systems.
- Platform Mindset: You don't just build servers; you build products for developers.
- Experience with OpenTelemetry (OTEL) for unified tracing.
- Understanding of eBPF
- Experience configuring NVIDIA DCGM for GPU monitoring and handling AI training/inference workloads.
Aldea is proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. We are committed to building a diverse and inclusive culture that celebrates authenticity to win as one. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, gender identity, sexual orientation, age, marital status, disability, protected veteran status, citizenship or immigration status, or any other legally protected characteristics.
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Please note: We do not accept unsolicited resumes from recruiters or employment agencies and will not be responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.
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What We Do
Aldea is a foundational AI company building next-generation voice and language models that power how people and software communicate.
Our first release, a high-performance Speech-to-Text API, delivers enterprise-grade accuracy and latency at a fraction of the cost. Upcoming releases will expand into real-time speech generation and multimodal interaction, enabling developers to build voice-native applications that feel truly alive.
Our vertically integrated product, Aldea Advisors, partners with some of the world’s leading minds to create emotionally attuned, intelligent conversational experiences—showcasing the full potential of Aldea’s technology stack.
