# Sr. Backend Software Engineer (Infrastructure ML Ops) at Philo Ventures

- Company: Philo Ventures
- What the company does: Philo Ventures — a family of companies spanning venture building, real estate, and hospitality. We create enduring value through bold ideas and disciplined execution.
- Company website: https://www.philo.ventures
- Type: VC firms (AI role)
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $195K to $250K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-10-29
- Apply by: 2026-12-13
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/philo/148f90da-95e4-4d7f-9917-3b192e12baea?utm_source=1752vc&utm_medium=careers
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/philo-ventures-sr-backend-software-engineer-infrastructure-ml-ops/

## About the role

Manage the core infrastructure at Philo with a focus on supporting ML and LLM workloads. This infrastructure is relied on by a large subscriber base of Philo’s product as well as internal stakeholders across the company. Design, build, and maintain cloud infrastructure components (AWS and Kubernetes) using a combination of in-house technology and open source software. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.

## What they're looking for

- 8+ years of software development and infrastructure management experience
- 4+ years of experience developing and deploying ML systems at scale across training and inference
- Experience working with distributed systems and an understanding of microservices architecture principles
- Experience with Linux and containerized (i.e. Docker) environments
- Experience managing cloud computing environments (AWS or GCP) and configuring cloud services e.g. CloudWatch, Route 53, RDS, ElastiCache, SQS, ALB/NLB/ELB, VPC networking, IAM security
- Experience with container orchestration platforms (i.e. Kubernetes), and familiarity with running GPU/accelerated workloads on them (e.g. NVIDIA device plugin, MIG, timeslicing)

Tags: Engineering

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