What are the responsibilities and job description for the Systems Engineer position at Augment Code?
The best software comes from Augmenting developers, not replacing them. We’re bringing joy back to software engineering and keeping developers in flow by building the best AI programming tools, with radical contextual awareness of your codebase that benefits teams.
About the role
As a Systems Engineer at Augment Code, you'll play a crucial role in bridging the gap between complex AI research and real-world SAAS applications. You'll be tasked with designing, implementing, and maintaining our infrastructure, ensuring high availability and optimal performance for AI-driven services catered to a global user base.
Key Responsibilities:
- Product Development: Help design, develop, and maintain product features and services.
- Infrastructure Development: Set up and maintain scalable and highly available systems that underpin our AI-driven SAAS platform.
- Performance Optimization: Monitor the health and performance of systems. Ensure high availability and optimal performance of resources crucial to our AI services.
- Security/Privacy Measures: Implement best practices to maintain the integrity, security, and privacy of our data and infrastructure.
- Collaboration: Work hand-in-hand with our AI researchers to understand their needs and optimize systems to handle intensive AI computations and deployments.
- Troubleshooting: Address and resolve technical issues, ensuring minimal disruption to our AI services. Participate in on-call rotation schedules.
- Automation: Streamline operations by identifying processes ripe for automation and deploying suitable solutions.
- Continuous Learning: Stay abreast with the evolving landscape of AI infrastructure needs and tools. Integrate best practices into our operations to enhance our services.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field. A Master's degree is an advantage.
- 5 years of experience as a Systems Engineer, with exposure to AI-driven environments or SAAS platforms being a significant plus.
- Expertise in software development in relevant languages (any of Python, Rust, C , etc)
- Experience with infrastructure-as-code tools such as Terraform or CloudFormation.
- Proven problem-solving skills, especially in troubleshooting complex issues in distributed systems.
- Strong written and verbal communication abilities.
Desired but optional:
- Proficiency in cloud computing platforms such as AWS, Azure, or Google Cloud.
- Familiarity with containerization technologies like Docker and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
Employee Benefits:
- Flexible work hours
- Competitive salary & Equity. We recently announced our $227M funding raise
- Tools Stipend
- Health, Dental, Vision and Life Insurance
- Short Term and Long Term Disability
- Unlimited Paid Time Off Holidays. We focus on trust and ownership, not time in the chair
- Numerous company social events
We will do everything we can within reason to make sure that your interview takes place in an environment that fairly and accurately assesses your skills. If you need assistance or accommodation, please contact your recruiter.
Augment Code is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based upon race, religion, color, national origin, gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, or related medical conditions), sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Pay Transparency Notice: The actual salary within the stated range will be based on a combination of factors such as an individual's skills, experience level, educational background, and other relevant job-related considerations
Pay Range: $225,000 USD - $300,000 USD
Salary : $225,000 - $300,000