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Kumo

Software Engineer Lead - Cloud Engineering

Kumo, Mountain View, California, us, 94039

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About Kumo.ai

Kumo is building a next-generation AI platform that empowers organizations to make predictive decisions faster-without the overhead of traditional ML pipelines. Backed by Sequoia and led by ex-Airbnb, Pinterest, and LinkedIn leaders, we're scaling rapidly and looking for a

multi-cloud infrastructure leader

to architect and run the backbone of our AI platform.

This is

one of our most critical hires

- your work will directly power the models and applications our customers rely on every day. If you're passionate about

multi-cloud infrastructure ,

Kubernetes at scale , and building the infrastructure that powers the next generation of AI applications - we'd love to talk.

Why Kumo.ai? Work alongside

world-class engineers & scientists

(ex-Airbnb, Pinterest, LinkedIn, Stanford). Be a

foundational voice

in designing a platform powering enterprise-scale AI. Competitive Series B compensation package (salary + meaningful equity). The Opportunity - The Cloud Infrastructure team is responsible for managing and scaling our Kubernetes-based, multi-cloud AI platform across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

You will own the architecture, scalability, security, and operational excellence of this platform, building the foundation that supports massive multi-tenant clusters running Big Data and AI/ML workloads. Lead our

multi-cloud expansion

beyond AWS into Azure and GCP. Drive the design and implementation of

Kubernetes controllers, operators , and automation for scaling and reliability. Implement

Infrastructure as Code

(Terraform, Pulumi, Crossplane) and GitOps practices to deliver

commit-to-production automation

at scale. Partner closely with ML scientists, product engineers, and leadership to deliver

self-service tooling

and optimize infrastructure for machine learning workloads. You will be joining early enough to

shape the architecture, culture, and processes

that define our platform reliability and engineering velocity. What You'll Do

Architect & operate multi-cloud infrastructure

(AWS, Azure, GCP) to support large-scale AI workloads. Design, build and scale Kubernetes clusters

(EKS, AKS, GKE, Open Source) for high availability, performance, and cost efficiency. Build and maintain

Kubernetes controllers, operators , and automation for cluster lifecycle management, scaling, and workload scheduling. Implement

observability at scale

- metrics, logging, tracing - using tools like Prometheus, Grafana, and OpenTelemetry. Lead

IaC and GitOps

automation, ensuring consistent, repeatable provisioning and deployment workflows. Drive

security and compliance

policies (RBAC, tenant isolation, SOC2/GDPR readiness) into platform design. Partner with internal teams to enable

self-service cloud resources

and smooth

commit-to-production

pipelines. What You Bring

8+ years

building and operating

cloud-native infrastructure

in production. Proven multi-cloud experience

- designing and running workloads across AWS, Azure, and GCP. Kubernetes expertise

- 5+ years managing production clusters, with strong understanding of internals (schedulers, controllers, operators, CNI networking, security). Infrastructure-as-Code mastery

- Terraform, Pulumi, Crossplane, or similar. GitOps and workflow automation

experience (ArgoCD, Flux, Argo Workflows, or similar). Strong skills in monitoring and performance tuning for distributed systems. Proficiency in Go, Python, or Rust for automation tooling. Nice to Have

Experience in

optimizing, scaling, and maintaining multi-tenanted AI/ML clusters

across multiple cloud environments, ensuring high availability and performance. Familiarity with compliance standards (SOC2, ISO27001, GDPR). Contributions to

open-source cloud-native projects . Experience building customer-facing APIs or developer tooling.

$175,000 - $250,000 a year

We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.