Lead infrastructure projects that empower enterprises to deploy and operate AI/ML platforms 10x faster and cheaper, while ensuring system reliability and operational excellence.
Location: Remote US, collaboration primarily during EST hours
Cake is on a mission to make cutting-edge AI accessible to enterprise teams.
Enterprises want to move faster with AI, but are constrained by infrastructure complexity, high operating costs, and the governance required to run AI systems safely at scale. Cake removes those barriers, enabling teams to deploy and operate AI/ML platforms 10x faster and 10x cheaper than traditional approaches—without sacrificing reliability or control. Cake runs inside the customer’s own VPC, giving enterprises full ownership of their data, security, and operations.
Cake solves the full infrastructure problem across 4 layers: compute infrastructure management, open-source ML components, common integrations, and pre-built project components. Built-in security, monitoring, and governance ensure clean ownership, enforce guardrails, and provide a dependable path from experimentation to production at scale.
Backed by top investors, Cake is seeing strong adoption and is positioned for rapid growth in the next 12 months. Our culture emphasizes ownership, clear communication, and collaboration, with a high bar for operational excellence and production-ready systems.
As a Staff Software Engineer, you will play a critical leadership role in building and operating the infrastructure that powers Cake’s AI platform. This is a high-ownership role for an engineer who thrives at the intersection of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, and developer experience.
You’ll design and operate the ML platform foundations that both internal teams and customers rely on, owning systems end-to-end from architecture to production. You’ll work closely with customers to translate real-world ML use cases into reliable, scalable platform capabilities.
This role is ideal for someone who wants to be a technical owner, not just an implementer, someone who cares deeply about system quality, operational excellence, and clear communication.
You will:
Cake is committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and job seekers regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender, gender identity, marital status, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected category. As an equal opportunities employer, we value diversity and its positive impact on our culture.
Cake also complies with the Americans with Disabilities Act (ADA). We are dedicated to working with and providing reasonable accommodation to job applicants with physical or mental disabilities. If you require accommodation, please email us at [email protected] and we will promptly address your request.
Home Office Stipend
Office equipment stipend, including reimbursement for approved disability-related accommodations
Learning Budget
Investment in employee learning and growth opportunities
Other Benefit
Citi Bike membership
Paid Time Off
Unlimited PTO
Wellness Stipend
Monthly wellness stipend
Cake builds AI solutions that empower enterprise teams to deploy and operate machine learning platforms with remarkable speed and cost efficiency. Our platform is designed for businesses looking to harness the power of AI without the traditional complexity and expense.
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