You will own and extend the GPU and cloud infrastructure powering real-time, emotionally intelligent AI video generation. Acting as a technical flywheel, you’ll partner with Research and Platform teams to build reliable systems for 100,000+ developers, managing complex workloads across providers like CoreWeave and Baseten while maintaining a robust AWS backbone.
Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure) at $40M Series B conversational AI video startup
Join a Sequoia and CRV-backed startup building the future of human-AI interaction. As a Senior Infrastructure Engineer, you’ll own the GPU and cloud systems powering real-time conversational video for over 100,000 developers. From scaling multi-provider GPU orchestration to architecting a robust AWS backbone, you will be the technical driver behind emotionally intelligent AI humans that see, hear, and respond in 30+ languages. If you thrive in a fast-paced environment with elite talent from NVIDIA and top-tier research institutions, this is your opportunity to define the infrastructure of generative video.
Overview
Role overview
Company
Tavus
$40M Series B conversational AI video startup backed by CRV, Sequoia, and Scale Venture Partners
Responsibilities
What you will do
- Design and scale multi-provider GPU infrastructure, collaborating with partners like CoreWeave and Baseten to ensure high availability for real-time inference.
- Architect and maintain a robust AWS/EKS backbone, building automated, repeatable processes that empower the entire engineering org to deploy services faster.
- Act as the cross-functional infrastructure lead, bridging the gap between Research scientists and Backend engineers to make complex systems feel continuous.
Candidate profile
Who this is a fit for
- Deep production experience with GPU cloud infrastructure, either building at a provider or managing high-scale deployments at an AI-native company.
- Expert-level command of AWS and Kubernetes (EKS), with a proven track record of building developer experiences that accelerate shipping cycles.
- A senior-level generalist mindset with the ability to own ambiguous problems end-to-end in a high-velocity "faster faster" culture.
What makes it remarkable
Why this role is remarkable
- Ship at the absolute frontier of generative AI, building the infra that enables real-time, interactive video humans (PALs) across 30+ languages.
- Join a high-caliber engineering culture with veterans from NVIDIA and world-class researchers in affective computing and rendering.
- Massive technical leverage: you will define the GPU orchestration strategy for a company that recently secured $40M in Series B funding from top-tier VCs like Sequoia and CRV.
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