Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer
Builds and operates the large-scale GPU compute and data infrastructure behind Gatik's autonomous trucking stack: Kubernetes clusters optimized for GPU workloads, distributed training support (Ray, PyTorch), sensor-data pipelines, MLOps/model serving, and observability. Onsite 5 days a week in Santa Clara, CA.
- Compensation
- $180K–$240K / yr
- Location
- Santa Clara, CA
- Work setup
- Not specified
- Seniority
- Senior
- Employment
- Not specified
- Experience
- 5+ years
- Category
- Devops
- Posted
Skills
Must have
- 5+ years in Cloud Infrastructure, DevOps, or MLOps supporting high-scale compute environments
- Deep expertise in Kubernetes, Helm, and container orchestration
- Strong background in Apache Airflow, Argo Workflows, MLFlow, and Terraform
- Practical experience supporting frameworks like Ray and PyTorch Distributed
- Proficiency in Python and Bash scripting
- Solid understanding of IAM/RBAC
Nice to have
- Deep understanding of FSDP and DeepSpeed
- Experience building Agentic Workflows (LangGraph, AutoGen) for infrastructure automation or data curation
- Familiarity with Model Context Protocol (MCP) to connect AI agents with infrastructure tools
Full description
Who we are
Gatik, the leader in autonomous middle-mile logistics, is revolutionizing the B2B supply chain with its autonomous transportation-as-a-service (ATaaS) solution and prioritizing safe, consistent deliveries while streamlining freight movement by reducing congestion. The company focuses on short-haul, B2B logistics for Fortune 500 retailers and in 2021 launched the world’s first fully driverless commercial transportation service with Walmart. Gatik's Class 3-7 autonomous trucks are commercially deployed across major markets, including Texas, Arkansas, and Ontario, Canada, driving innovation in freight transportation.
The company's proprietary Level 4 autonomous technology, Gatik Carrier™, is custom-built to transport freight safely and efficiently between pick-up and drop-off locations on the middle mile. With robust capabilities in both highway and urban environments, Gatik Carrier™ serves as an all-encompassing solution that integrates advanced software and hardware powering the fleet, facilitating effortless integration into customers' logistics operations.
About the role
We are seeking a Senior Cloud Infrastructure Engineer to architect and manage the large-scale compute and data infrastructure powering our autonomous driving stack. While researchers develop perception, planning, and world models, your mission is to build the high-performance systems and pipelines that make their work possible. You will be the backbone of our AI platform, ensuring that multi-GPU clusters, distributed training frameworks, and automated workflows are scalable, resilient, and cost-effective.
This role is onsite 5 days a week at our Santa Clara, CA office!
What you'll do
- Cloud-Native Orchestration & Kubernetes
- Advanced K8s Management: Architect and maintain mission-critical Kubernetes clusters optimized for heavy GPU/TPU workloads.
- GPU Scheduling: Implement and optimize Kubernetes-native GPU scheduling (NVIDIA GPU Operator) to ensure maximum hardware utilization.
- Infrastructure as Code: Drive the "Everything as Code" philosophy using Terraform, Helm, and cloud-native tools.
- Self-Healing Infrastructure: Deploy Autonomous AI Agents (LangGraph, CrewAI) to monitor cluster health and enable automated triage of hardware failures and NCCL timeouts.
- Data Engineering & CI/CD Pipelines
- Autonomy Data Pipelines: Build large-scale pipelines using Apache Airflow, Kafka, and Spark to process raw sensor data into training-ready formats.
- GitOps: Implement robust GitOps workflows using ArgoCD, Gitlab CI/CD to automate the deployment of both infrastructure and model artifacts.
- Observability: Maintain deep visibility into infrastructure health and model serving performance using Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry.