Software Engineer - Infrastructure

About BasetenBaseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma, and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to ship AI products.
THE ROLEAs an Infrastructure Software Engineer at Baseten, you'll build and maintain components of our ML inference platform that powers production AI applications. You'll contribute to the core infrastructure, enabling developers to deploy, scale, and monitor ML models with high performance.
EXAMPLE INITIATIVES
Multi-cloud capacity management
Inference on B200 GPUs
Multi-node inference
Fractional H100 GPUs for efficient model serving
Responsibilities
Develop infrastructure components for our ML inference platform using Python and Go
Implement and maintain Kubernetes deployments for model serving
Contribute to our inference orchestration layer for model deployments
Build and enhance monitoring systems for model performance metrics
Implement efficient resource management solutions for ML workloads
Support infrastructure automation to improve ML deployment workflows
Work closely with team members to implement technical solutions
Help balance performance optimization with system reliability
Participate in technical discussions around infrastructure improvements
Learn and apply infrastructure best practices
Requirements
Bachelor's degree or higher in Computer Science or related field
Proficient coding abilities in one or more popular programming or scripting languages;
Go proficiency is a plus
Working knowledge of Kubernetes and containerization
Basic understanding of machine learning concepts and model serving
Familiarity with distributed systems concepts
Experience with basic monitoring and logging tools
Interest in ML/AI infrastructure and willingness to learn
Strong collaboration and communication skills
Benefits
Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity
(U.S. only) 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
Paid parental leave
Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
(U.S. only) Company-facilitated 401(k)
Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.
At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.
We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, where applicable).
Compensation Range: $165K - $330K
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