Aera Technology · 6 days ago
Principal Architect - Infrastructure
United States
Full-time
Remote
Lead/Staff
$240K/yr - $280K/yr
10+ years expAera Technology is a pioneer in Decision Intelligence, utilizing AI and machine learning to enhance decision-making processes. The Principal Architect will develop multi-cloud infrastructure, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security while collaborating with cross-functional teams to optimize platform performance.
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Responsibilities
Architect and scale enterprise-grade AKS clusters built for high concurrency, performance, and real-time AI inference, ensuring the platform is globally distributed and highly available
Leverage Crossplane for Kubernetes-native provisioning of Azure services, creating a Kubernetes-native control plane for rapid scaling of AI services
Champion GitOps practices with Argo CD to standardize deployments across multiple environments and regions, enabling reliable, automated delivery of mission-critical SaaS workloads
Engineer infrastructure that supports data-intensive AI/ML pipelines, integrating compute, storage, and messaging with Kubernetes to power real-time decision intelligence use cases
Optimize scalability and concurrency with autoscaling, pod disruption budgets, and advanced workload scheduling, ensuring millions of daily requests are served with low latency
Develop and maintain automation, tooling, and integrations using Python, Ruby, and Terraform, enabling teams to scale infrastructure and AI services efficiently
Design and enforce secure, compliant, multi-tenant architectures with Azure AD SSO, managed identities, RBAC, and Key Vault integration
Build resilient networking topologies with VNets, VNet peering, Private Link, and service mesh technologies (e.g., Istio, Linkerd) and emissary ingress for advanced security and reliability
Integrate observability frameworks at scale using Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, and OpenTelemetry, providing deep visibility into performance, availability, and latency
Collaborate closely with AI/ML engineering teams to align infrastructure with real-time inference and streaming data requirements, enabling cutting-edge decision automation
Mentor engineering and operations teams while documenting and evangelizing Kubernetes-native and Azure-native best practices, driving innovation across the organization
Qualification
Required
10+ years of cloud infrastructure experience with expert-level skills in Kubernetes and Azure
Proven experience designing and operating multi-tenant SaaS platforms where performance, scalability, and security are critical
Hands-on expertise with Crossplane for Kubernetes-controlled Azure service provisioning
Deep familiarity with Azure services: AKS, Azure Flexible MySQL, Blob Storage, Event Hubs, Key Vault, etc
Strong coding and automation background with Github Actions, Python, and Terraform, plus experience with other high-level programming and scripting languages
Skilled in Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Crossplane, Helm) and GitOps (Argo CD)
In-depth knowledge of Kubernetes networking, autoscaling, and workload orchestration for AI/ML inference workloads
Proficiency with observability tooling: Prometheus, Grafana, Azure Monitor, and OpenTelemetry
A collaborative leader who thrives on mentoring and enabling teams, with excellent communication and documentation skills
Motivated to build the core infrastructure behind AI-powered decision intelligence at global scale, driving meaningful impact for some of the world's most recognized brands
Preferred
Background with large-scale, real-time data streaming platforms
Prior collaboration on AI/ML infrastructure platforms or decision intelligence systems
Contributions to open-source projects, especially in Kubernetes or the cloud-native ecosystem
Benefits
Comprehensive medical, vision and dental plans
401K plan
Flexible paid time off
Generous parental leave
Fully-stocked kitchen with a selection of snacks and beverages
Company
Aera Technology
Aera Technology is the Decision Intelligence company that digitizes, augments, and automates decision making in real time.
201-500 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$173.66MKey Investors
DFJ GrowthNew Enterprise AssociatesGeorgian
2022-01-01Private Equity
2019-06-27Series C· $80M
2017-06-19Series B· $50M
Leadership Team
Frederic Laluyaux
Co-founder, President and CEO
Shariq Mansoor
Founder and Chief Technology Officer
Recent News
New Enterprise Associates
2025-12-01
Growth Business UK
2025-10-28
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