Senior/Staff AI Infrastructure Engineer
Core
Build the secure execution substrate for AI agents by designing sandbox lifecycle systems, optimizing filesystem performance, and ensuring durable long-running agent work under load.
Role type
Senior/Staff IC AI Infrastructure Engineer
Builds
Secure ephemeral sandboxes, filesystem primitives, and orchestration services for AI agent execution
Domain
AI Infrastructure / Distributed Systems / Cloud Native
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Linux systems programming, Kubernetes, Go/Rust/TypeScript/Python, distributed systems design, observability, security hardening
Preferred skills
Firecracker/gVisor/Kata Containers, eBPF, content-addressed storage, durable workflow systems (Temporal/Kafka/NATS), BYOC deployments
Responsibilities
Design and operate sandbox lifecycle systems for agent code execution and tool use; Optimize sandbox startup time, density, and resource utilization; Build fast, reliable filesystem primitives for ephemeral and persistent agent state; Enforce tenant isolation, network policy, and least-privilege access; Implement checkpointing, retries, and recovery for long-running agent jobs; Scale orchestration services for unpredictable workload bursts; Run load tests, capacity plans, and incident reviews
Seniority
Senior/Staff, hands-on IC
