Infrastructure & Systems Lead

Pantograph

$150K — $180K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • Designed and operated large-scale distributed systems from scratch
  • Managed fleets of hundreds or thousands of computers
  • Deep experience in GPU performance optimization and custom CUDA kernels
  • Experience with real-time embedded systems or robotics infrastructure
  • Built petabyte-scale storage and database systems
  • Knowledge of high-performance networking and video encoding pipelines

Responsibilities

  • Architect the entire infrastructure pipeline for a fleet of robots
  • Optimize end-to-end systems involving networking, storage, databases, and more
  • Make critical architecture decisions that integrate diverse components
  • Manage the deployment of new model weights every few minutes
  • Ensure real-time operations within strict latency budgets

Benefits

  • Work in a small, fast-moving team in San Francisco
  • Opportunity to architect systems at unprecedented scale
  • Environment that prioritizes building impactful projects over credentials
  • Collaborative and innovative atmosphere fostering hands-on experience
Full Job Description
We're looking for someone to architect and own the entire infrastructure pipeline behind that fleet: thousands of robots with embedded GPUs, communicating over wifi to inference clusters, streaming tens of petabytes of video to training clusters, with new model weights deployed every few minutes - all operating within strict real-time latency budgets. This role requires someone who can hold an entire system in their head and optimize it end-to-end. You'll touch networking, storage, databases, embedded software, deployment systems, and GPU optimization - and you'll own the architecture decisions that tie them together. You might be a good fit if you have: - Designed and operated large-scale distributed systems from scratch - Managed fleets of hundreds or thousands of computers - Deep experience with GPU performance optimization, including writing custom CUDA kernels - Worked on real-time embedded systems or robotics infrastructure - Built petabyte-scale storage and database systems - Experience with high-performance networking and video encoding pipelines Nice to have: - Rust and low-level performance optimization experience - Experience taking infrastructure from prototype to production in a small team We care much more about what you've built than any specific credential. We're a small, fast-moving team working together in person in San Francisco. If you're excited about architecting novel systems at unprecedented scale, we'd love to talk.

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