资深软件工程师，平台
Staff Software Engineer, Platform
**地点:** 远程办公，主要协作时间为 EST 时间
#### 关于公司
Cake 的使命是让企业团队能够轻松使用前沿 AI 技术。
企业希望借助 AI 加快发展，但受限于基础设施的复杂性、高昂的运营成本以及在大规模运行 AI 系统时所需的治理要求。Cake 消除了这些障碍，使团队能够比传统方法 **快 10 倍、成本低 10 倍** 地部署和运营 AI/ML 平台，同时不牺牲可靠性或控制力。Cake 运行在客户自己的 VPC 中，使企业完全掌控数据、安全性和运维。
Cake 在四个层面解决完整的基础设施问题：计算基础设施管理、开源 ML 组件、通用集成和预构建项目组件。内置的安全性、监控和治理确保清晰的所有权，实施防护措施，并提供从实验到生产的大规模可靠路径。
Cake 获得顶级投资机构的支持，正在获得强劲的采用率，并将在未来 12 个月内实现快速增长。我们的文化强调责任感、清晰的沟通和协作，对运营卓越和生产就绪系统有很高的标准。
#### **你将负责**
作为高级软件工程师，你将在构建和运营支撑 Cake AI 平台的基础设施中发挥关键领导作用。这是一个**高责任角色**，适合在**分布式系统、云基础设施和开发者体验**交集处茁壮成长的工程师。
你将设计并运营 ML 平台的基础架构，这些架构被内部团队和客户所依赖，从架构到生产全程负责系统。你将与客户紧密合作，将现实世界的 ML 使用场景转化为可靠、可扩展的平台能力。
这个职位适合希望成为**技术负责人**而非仅仅是执行者的人员，一位对系统质量、运营卓越和清晰沟通有深刻热情的人。
你将：
- **构建企业级基础设施**
- 利用基础设施即代码来管理支持关键 ML 和 AI 项目的复杂云环境。
- 设计 Kubernetes 原生系统，必要时包括控制器/操作符。
- 提升平台网络、安全性和可观测性
- **维护平台健康和性能**
- 负责生产环境中的关键系统，包括可靠性、可扩展性，
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**Location:** Remote, collaboration primarily during EST hours
#### About the company
Cake is on a mission to make cutting-edge AI accessible to enterprise teams.
Enterprises want to move faster with AI, but are constrained by infrastructure complexity, high operating costs, and the governance required to run AI systems safely at scale. Cake removes those barriers, enabling teams to deploy and operate AI/ML platforms **10x faster and 10x cheaper** than traditional approaches—without sacrificing reliability or control. Cake runs inside the customer’s own VPC, giving enterprises full ownership of their data, security, and operations.
Cake solves the full infrastructure problem across 4 layers: compute infrastructure management, open-source ML components, common integrations, and pre-built project components. Built-in security, monitoring, and governance ensure clean ownership, enforce guardrails, and provide a dependable path from experimentation to production at scale.
Backed by top investors, Cake is seeing strong adoption and is positioned for rapid growth in the next 12 months. Our culture emphasizes ownership, clear communication, and collaboration, with a high bar for operational excellence and production-ready systems.
#### **What you’ll do**
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a critical leadership role in building and operating the infrastructure that powers Cake’s AI platform. This is a **high-ownership role** for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of **distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and developer experience**.
You’ll design and operate the ML platform foundations that both internal teams and customers rely on, owning systems end-to-end from architecture to production. You’ll work closely with customers to translate real-world ML use cases into reliable, scalable platform capabilities.
This role is ideal for someone who wants to be a **technical owner**, not just an implementer, someone who cares deeply about system quality, operational excellence, and clear communication.
You will:
- **Build Enterprise-Scale Infrastructure**
- Leverage infrastructure-as-code to manage complex cloud environments supporting critical ML and AI initiatives.
- Design Kubernetes-native systems, including controllers/operators where appropriate.
- Improve platform networking, security, and observability
- **Sustain Platform Health and Performance**
- Own critical systems in production, including reliability, scalability, security, and cost efficiency.
- Identify and proactively address technical debt, operational risk, and platform bottlenecks.
- “Learn by doing” — Quickly ramp up to a complex tech stack (Terraform, Kubernetes, Istio, Crossplane, Go, TypeScript)
- **Enable Teams and Customers to Move Faster**
- Create abstractions and tooling that make it easier for teams and customers to deploy, run, and scale AI/ML workloads.
- Collaborate directly with customers to understand their ML infrastructure challenges and translate them into platform improvements.
- Balance speed and rigor—shipping quickly while maintaining a high bar for quality and safety.
- **Lead Through Influence**
- Act as a technical leader and mentor across the engineering organization.
- Write clear documentation and design proposals that align stakeholders and drive decisions.
- Partner closely with product and leadership to shape platform direction and priorities.
#### **Requirements**
- **Core Experience**
- **10+ years of engineering experience**, with significant time spent on infrastructure, platform, or distributed systems.
- Deep hands-on experience with **Kubernetes** in production environments.
- Strong cloud experience across **AWS, GCP, and/or Azure**.
- Proven track record of building and operating **secure, scalable AI/MLOps platforms**.
- **Technical Strength**
- Deep understanding of infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi, CDK).
- Strong programming skills in at least one backend language (Go preferred; TypeScript also welcome).
- Experience diagnosing and debugging complex production issues.
- Familiarity with modern CI/CD, test-driven development, and DevSecOps practices.
- Bonus: experience building Kubernetes operators and/or working with service meshes (e.g., Istio).
- **Ownership & Communication**
- Comfortable owning large, ambiguous problems from inception to production.
- Excellent communicator, able to clearly explain complex systems to both technical and non-technical audiences.
- Experience working directly with customers and incorporating feedback into technical decisions.
- Ability to operate autonomously while keeping stakeholders informed and aligned.
- **Mindset**
- Customer-first and product-oriented.
- Curious, adaptable, and eager to learn new systems and domains.
- Collaborative, respectful, and willing to lean into hard conversations.
- Energized by fast-paced environments and meaningful responsibility.
#### **Why Join Cake**
- **High impact, high ownership:** You’ll own foundational systems that directly power customer success.
- **Small, senior team:** Your work won’t get lost—you’ll shape the platform and engineering culture.
- **Real customers, real problems:** You’ll build systems used in production by growing companies.
- **Autonomy and trust:** We hire experienced engineers and give them room to operate.
#### **Benefits**
- Competitive cash compensation alongside above-market equity upside
- Top-tier fully covered medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Life insurance
- 401k program
#### **Additional Perks**
- Unlimited PTO
- Monthly half day
- Citi Bike membership
- Monthly wellness stipend
- Office equipment stipend, including reimbursement for approved disability-related accommodations
- Investment in employee learning and growth opportunities
_Cake is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and job seekers regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected category. As an equal opportunities employer, we value diversity and its positive impact on our culture._
_Cake also complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We are dedicated to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. If you require accommodation, please email us at [accommodationrequests@cake.ai](mailto:accommodationrequests@cake.ai) and we will promptly address your request._