At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead the architecture and design of a cutting-edge AI-focused cloud platform.
- Company: Join a billion-dollar Australian tech company with startup vibes.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, opportunity to shape a new tech venture, and career growth.
- Other info: Dynamic environment with the chance to build your own team from scratch.
- Why this job: Be a founding architect and make a significant impact in the AI space.
- Qualifications: 10+ years in tech leadership with deep cloud and Kubernetes experience.
The predicted salary is between 135000 - 165000 $ per year.
We’ve just kicked off a Head of Platform search with a new client of ours. This is a billion dollar+ Australian business who have just created a new tech company - an AI-focused cloud business building the kind of high-performance compute that the next wave of AI products will run on. We are looking to make the company's first tech hire - someone to get the platform architected, designed and live fast, working with hardware vendors, data centre operators and cloud providers. Over time, bring it in-house and build their own infrastructure and engineering team from the ground up.
Think of it like a founding engineer for the data centre space, with the support of the wider business around you. Very much startup vibes and it is going to be a bit nuts, to be honest.
We’re looking for someone who’s spent 10+ years in tech leadership (VP Eng, Head of Infra or CTO level) from the networking world with deep cloud and production Kubernetes experience, plus a track record of infrastructure buildouts and data centre partnerships. HPC or GPU cluster experience (NVIDIA, InfiniBand, Lustre/Ceph) is ideally needed also.
Reporting to the CEO and Board, you’ll own:
- Tech strategy, architecture and the engineering roadmap
- Large-scale Kubernetes for distributed, high-throughput workloads
- Vendor, co-location and hardware procurement strategy
- CapEx/OpEx, GPU utilisation and platform uptime
- Hiring and scaling a top-tier infra and DevOps team
This is a genuine greenfield build that you’ll own shape the platform and the team. I can confidently say this is a great opportunity for someone who wants to go in and create/build something that has huge potential.
Head of Platform Architecture in Sydney employer: tekFinder
At tekFinder, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer in the heart of Sydney, offering a dynamic work culture that fosters innovation and collaboration. Our commitment to employee growth is evident through ongoing training and development opportunities, ensuring you can advance your career while contributing to meaningful projects in the clean energy sector. With competitive benefits and a supportive team environment, working with us means being part of a forward-thinking company dedicated to making a positive impact.
