Spectro Cloud · 8 hours ago
Lead AI Engineer (Software Engineer)
United States
Full-time
Remote
Senior Level, Lead/Staff
$140K/yr - $180K/yr
6+ years expSpectro Cloud is a company focused on making infrastructure boundaryless for enterprises, providing solutions for application deployment on Kubernetes. The Lead AI Engineer will lead AI adoption efforts, develop AI capabilities, and work closely with various teams to shape the AI team culture and processes.
Artificial Intelligence (AI)Cloud ComputingSaaSSoftwareInformation TechnologyCloud Management
No H1B
Responsibilities
Lead internal efforts to advance AI adoption across the company
Help research, develop, and maintain AI capabilities within our products
Work closely with our AI Product Manager, Head of AI, and several other engineering teams
Shape the team norms and team culture as the first hire on the AI team
Mentor and guide future team members as the team grows
Build technical solutions and engage with risk compliance and legal to define guardrails for product rollout
Lead proof-of-concept initiatives and engage with employees during AI Office Hours to provide advice
Work with internal partners to establish AI processes and guardrails
Advise and shape the future of products with experience in AI/ML workflows and development practices
Create automation solutions to build guardrails and controls
Propose and create sustainable solutions based on experience deploying and managing applications in a production environment
Qualification
Required
A Bachelor's Degree or an Advanced Degree in Computer Science, Information Technology, or a similar field
At least 6 years of experience as a Software Engineer, SRE, ML Engineer, Solutions Architect, or similar technical role is required
At least 6+ years of experience maintaining and building production applications
At least 4+ years of experience leading other engineers. This is not a management role, but you will help build out the AI team and provide mentoring
You must have broad knowledge and experience across AI topics, including agent-based systems, model tuning, model deployment, MCP server development, and more
Highly proficient with at least one of the following programming languages: Python, Go, or JavaScript/TypeScript
Experience with application testing and continuous integration/continuous delivery (CI/CD). This will come into play with building and maintaining solutions that the AI team will own and support
Project management experience. You are capable of leading and driving projects, such as proof-of-concept and the rollout of a new technical solution organization-wide
Excellent communication skills, both written and oral. You will be expected to participate and lead office hours. You must be able to articulate technical concepts to engineers, non-engineers, and executives
Experience with Infrastructure as Code, preferably Terraform
Experience with public cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP, Oracle), and on-prem infrastructure
Deep understanding of containers and how container orchestration systems work, such as Kubernetes
Displays a passion for learning and exploring new technologies
A self-starter with a strong sense of ownership
Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills, with a proactive approach to challenges
Company
Spectro Cloud
Spectro Cloud's unique Palette and PaletteAI platforms enable organizations to manage Kubernetes and AI infrastructure from edge to cloud.
201-500 employees
Funding
Current Stage
Growth StageTotal Funding
$162.5MKey Investors
Goldman Sachs AlternativesQualcomm VenturesStripes
2024-11-19Series C· $75M
2023-09-14Undisclosed· $20M
2022-03-23Series B· $40M
Leadership Team
Tenry Fu
CEO & Co-Founder
Gautam Joshi
VP of Engineering and Co-Founder
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