poolside · 2 months ago
Solutions Architect (US, East Coast)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Mid, Senior LevelPoolside is a company focused on building a world where AI drives economically valuable work and scientific progress. The Solutions Architect role is a hands-on position that combines technical execution with customer engagement, involving the deployment of AI platforms in enterprise and government environments. The role requires designing, deploying, and supporting secure and efficient infrastructure while continuously improving deployment processes.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Developer PlatformFoundational AIInformation TechnologyInfrastructureSoftware
Responsibilities
Architect & Deploy: Design and customize Poolside deployments across Kubernetes and Terraform-based environments (cloud, hybrid, on-prem)
Troubleshoot & Optimize: Diagnose complex infrastructure and networking issues across clusters, storage, and CI/CD pipelines
Automate & Improve: Build automation workflows using Ansible, GitHub Actions, or ArgoCD to streamline provisioning, upgrades, and monitoring
Collaborate & Guide: Work directly with customer DevOps and security teams to ensure compliance, reliability, and observability
Evolve the Platform: Contribute to Poolside’s core deployment framework—improving standardization, resilience, and operator experience
Document & Share: Maintain clear runbooks, deployment guides, and internal documentation for repeatable success
Qualification
Required
Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes (Helm, operators, manifests, troubleshooting pods, services, ingress, etc.)
Proficiency in Terraform for infrastructure provisioning (AWS preferred; Azure or GCP also valuable)
Deep understanding of networking, load balancing, DNS, and certificates
Comfort with Linux, Docker, Git, and modern DevOps workflows
Familiarity with monitoring & observability stacks (Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, etc.)
Experience with automation tools such as Ansible, ArgoCD, or GitHub Actions
Strong debugging and process-of-elimination troubleshooting skills
Excellent written and verbal communication—able to bridge engineering detail and customer context
Preferred
Experience deploying or securing AI/ML systems in production
Familiarity with RKE2, air-gapped environments, and STIG-hardened operating systems
Programming knowledge in Python, Go, or Bash
Background in government, defense, or regulated industries
Benefits
Fully remote work & flexible hours
37 days/year of vacation & holidays
Health insurance allowance for you and dependents
Company-provided equipment
Wellbeing, always-be-learning and home office allowances
Frequent team get togethers
Great diverse & inclusive people-first culture
Company
poolside
Poolside is an artificial intelligence platform that offers foundation concepts and infrastructure to write software codes.
Founded in 2023
51-200 employees
H1B Sponsorship
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Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$626MKey Investors
Bain Capital VenturesRedpoint
2024-10-02Series B· $500M
2023-08-24Series A· $100M
2023-05-14Seed· $26M
Leadership Team
Eiso Kant
Co-CEO & Co-founder
Jason Warner
Co-CEO & Co-Founder
Recent News
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