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Senior System Administrator / Devops Infrastructure Engineer

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SambaNova Systems

SambaNova Systems

51-200 employees

Enterprise-grade AI platform for data insights

Enterprise Software
AI & Machine Learning
Financial Services
Healthcare

Compensation Overview

$160k - $190kAnnually

Senior

Palo Alto, CA, USA

Hybrid work environment.

Category
DevOps & Infrastructure
Server Administration
DevOps Engineering
Required Skills
Chef
Kubernetes
Python
Puppet
Git
Docker
Prometheus
Ansible
Development Operations (DevOps)
Linux/Unix
Requirements
  • 7+ years of experience in infrastructure related roles such as system administration, DevOps, or SRE
  • Demonstrated ability to design, implement and maintain secure, scalable, and resilient systems to support software development and deployment.
  • Strong technical acumen with Python, GitHub, and other relevant technologies and tools
  • Proven experience and ability to lead technical teams and mentor junior members
  • Strong knowledge of containerization, orchestration, and monitoring technologies, such as Docker, Kubernetes (K8s), Prometheus, Grafana, and ELK Stack, with the ability to implement and maintain a secure and scalable infrastructure
  • Ability to drive the adoption of Infrastructure-as-Code (IaC) as a best practice within the DevOps team
  • Proven start-up experience in scaling and supporting engineering teams, with the ability to lead by example and foster a high-performance culture
  • Experience working with Open Source tooling to create solutions for an on-premise data center environment
  • Broad experience in system administration supporting Linux (RedHat / CentOS preferred) to include automated OS installation, software compilation, package management, virtualization, OS lifecycle management, diagnostic and performance troubleshooting/profiling and configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Salt, etc.)
  • Broad experience supporting and maintaining common Linux/Unix applications and services, as well as a deep understanding of DNS, DHCP, LDAP, NFS, AutoFS, Kerberos, PAM, PXE, SNMP, SSH, VNC, X11, HTTP/S, and NTP
  • Experience with high performance storage solutions such as NetApp, Pure, cluster file systems and cloud-based solutions
  • Understanding of complex interplay between networking layers
Responsibilities
  • Drive the adoption of cutting-edge DevOps technologies, such as GitOps, MLOps, and Kubernetes, to enhance software development, testing, and deployment efficiency
  • Manage the maintenance of leading CI/CD infrastructure and ensure seamless integration with other systems and tools for optimal performance
  • Build, manage and orchestrate our infrastructure, which today is largely an on-premises data center environment
  • Work closely with stakeholders to assess and implement enterprise-level systems that align with the organization's goals and objectives
  • Support engineering teams by enhancing, maintaining, performance tuning, and planning capacity of the engineering compute environment
  • Constantly improve the engineering environment from design through deployment, including additional refinement and scale-up to support future growth, along with day-to-day operations including monitoring, measuring, and troubleshooting infrastructure and services
  • Occasionally visit SambaNova data center locations in the San Francisco Bay Area

SambaNova Systems provides an enterprise-grade AI platform that helps businesses analyze and gain insights from their data. The platform combines both hardware and software solutions, allowing clients to deploy advanced AI models like GPT and Llama efficiently. This enables organizations in various sectors, including healthcare, finance, and technology, to extract valuable information from large datasets. What sets SambaNova apart from its competitors is its focus on accelerating AI implementation, which helps clients achieve a competitive advantage in their industries. The company's goal is to drive AI innovation globally, as demonstrated by its involvement in significant projects like Saudi Arabia's NEOM smart city initiative.

Company Stage

Series D

Total Funding

$1.1B

Headquarters

Palo Alto, California

Founded

2017

Growth & Insights
Headcount

6 month growth

11%

1 year growth

29%

2 year growth

12%
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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • SambaNova's recent achievements, such as breaking the Llama 3 speed record, demonstrate its technological prowess and potential for continued innovation.
  • Recognition at events like VentureBeat Transform 2024 positions SambaNova as a leader in cutting-edge AI technology.
  • The launch of the world's fastest AI inference service could attract significant enterprise interest and drive revenue growth.

What critics are saying

  • The competitive AI market, dominated by giants like OpenAI and Nvidia, poses a constant threat to SambaNova's market share.
  • High dependency on the success of proprietary hardware like the SN40L chip could be risky if technological advancements slow down.

What makes SambaNova Systems unique

  • SambaNova Systems offers a full-stack AI platform that integrates both hardware and software, unlike many competitors who focus on one or the other.
  • Their SN40L chip architecture provides unparalleled speed and efficiency, setting new benchmarks in AI inference performance.
  • The company's involvement in high-profile projects like NEOM and partnerships with industry leaders like BlackRock highlight its capability to drive large-scale AI innovation.

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Benefits

Flexible PTO in US

Parental Leave

Benefits (medical, dental and vision)

Flexible Spending Accounts

401k/Pensions

Gym Access

Flexible Working Hours