Infrastructure Engineer

Role : Infrastructure Engineer

Location : San Francisco, CA.

On site. Full-time .

About the job :

Advantra is partnering with an early-stage biotech software startup in San Francisco to hire an Infrastructure Engineer to scale ML inference infrastructure and serve hundreds of biological ML models.

About the role :

You will architect, build, and maintain infrastructure that supports 150+ ML models, ensuring high availability, efficiency, and scalability. You will work with founders to optimize systems for customer needs and unpredictable workloads while maintaining reliability across containerized platforms.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement scalable infrastructure for ML model inference.
• Maintain and optimize containerized workloads using Kubernetes and other orchestration tools.
• Ensure high availability and performance across production systems.
• Automate deployment, scaling, and monitoring processes.
• Collaborate with founders and engineering teams to align infrastructure with customer needs.
• Troubleshoot and resolve infrastructure issues rapidly.
• Implement monitoring, logging, and observability for system performance.
• Evaluate and integrate cloud services (AWS / GCP / Azure) for workload efficiency.
• Document system architecture, processes, and best practices.

Core requirements

Nice to have

Compensation :

Competitive base plus equity.

How to apply :

Email careers@theadvantra.com with links to shipped work and a short note on what you owned. Company name shared after the intro.

About Us :

Advantra-Upstart Crew is a search program inside Advantra Consulting. We partner with early stage and high growth startups to hire the top 2% in Tech and GTM. We run end to end searches, from single role headhunts to full team build outs, using domain experts and a vetted network to deliver tight shortlists. We stay close to founders and candidates so the relationship lasts beyond the first hire.