Software Engineer, Infrastructure

Tavus

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About The Position

Tavus is a research lab pioneering human computing, building AI Humans as a new interface to bridge the gap between people and machines. These real-time human simulation models enable meaningful, face-to-face conversations by allowing machines to see, hear, respond, and look real. AI Humans combine emotional intelligence with the reach and reliability of machines, offering capable, trusted agents available 24/7 in any language. Tavus aims to empower individuals, enterprises, and developers to build AI Humans for empathetic connection, understanding, and action at scale, envisioning applications like affordable therapists, adaptive personal trainers, and attentive medical assistants. The company is a Series A startup backed by Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, and Scale Venture Partners. The Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure) role is a technical driver responsible for underpinning discrete teams by making all infrastructure feel continuous. This role involves tackling ambiguous problems across the full infrastructure stack and collaborating closely with the Backend Platform, Conversational Video Interface, and Research teams.

Requirements

• You're a scrappy infrastructure generalist who has seen it all
• You've worked with GPU cloud providers and understand what's needed to build reliable systems on top of them
• You consider AWS your second home. You're comfortable spinning up new services and building simple repeatable processes for others to leverage
• You thrive in an ambiguous and fast changing space
• You bring a senior mindset: you set direction, own decisions, and get things over the finish line
• You have incredibly communication skills and can communicate complex technical ideas clearly to both technical and non-technical team members

Nice To Haves

• Experience with GCP
• Experience with video streaming infrastructure
• Experience working with LLMs
• Broad knowledge of generative AI
• Experience with EKS/K8S

Responsibilities

• Work across across teams to own and extend our GPU infra as well as our traditional cloud infra (AWS)
• Work closely with our external infrastructure partners to ensure stability and reliability for GPU deployments and GPU availability
• Empower other engineers to move fast by building amazing developer experiences for setting up new systems

Benefits

• flexible work schedule
• unlimited PTO
• competitive healthcare
• gear stipends
• plenty of fun
• a place for you to learn
• directly drive impact
• work with a team you love

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed
• Number of Employees: 1-10 employees