Head of Backend Infrastructure, DevOps & IT

We are looking for a hands-on Head of Backend Infrastructure, DevOps & IT to lead our backend platforms, data infrastructure, DevOps practices, and internal IT operations. This role is critical to enabling large-scale training and validation of state-of-the-art autonomous driving systems.

Requirements:

8+ years of experience in backend, infrastructure, DevOps, or platform engineering
Proven experience leading backend, DevOps, and IT teams or functions
Strong experience with cloud platforms (AWS / GCP / Azure) and hybrid or on-prem environments
Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containerized environments, and infrastructure-as-code (e.g., Terraform, Pulumi, CloudFormation)
Solid experience with CI/CD pipelines, monitoring, and production operations
Experience managing corporate IT environments and vendors
Strong understanding of distributed systems, databases (SQL & NoSQL), and storage technologies
Experience supporting AI/ML workloads and data-intensive systems – strong advantage
Strong ownership, leadership, and communication skills

Responsibilities:

Lead backend infrastructure, DevOps, and IT functions end-to-end
Build scalable services to manage and provision large volumes of visual and multimodal data
Design, develop, and operate robust cloud and on-prem infrastructure
Own DevOps practices: CI/CD, monitoring, alerting, reliability, security, and cost optimization
Manage internal IT systems, access control, networking, endpoints, and vendors
Partner with AI and algorithm teams to support ML training and validation workflows
Drive selection and adoption of new AI technologies, databases, DevOps tools, and third-party services
Define and enforce best practices for scalability, availability, and security
Lead and mentor backend, DevOps, and IT engineers