About this role
<h3>About the Role</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">We are an early-stage, venture-backed AI infrastructure company building production-ready Kubernetes-based systems for GPU-intensive workloads. Our platform helps companies go from bare metal to fully operational AI clusters in days, and we're looking for a <strong>Java Developer</strong> to join our small, high-impact engineering team.</p><h3>What You'll Do</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Understand customer requirements and translate them into robust, scalable Java-based solutions.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Design, develop, and maintain backend services and infrastructure tooling that supports our distributed systems platform.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Collaborate closely with product and infrastructure engineers to deliver features end-to-end.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Contribute to the reliability and performance of systems handling AI inference pipelines, distributed training, storage orchestration, and GPU scheduling workloads.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and continuous improvement of engineering practices.</p></li></ul><h3>What We're Looking For</h3><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Required:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Solid hands-on experience with Java development and the JVM ecosystem.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Familiarity with distributed systems concepts and cloud-native environments.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience working with or around Kubernetes, containerization (Docker), or related infrastructure tooling.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Strong problem-solving skills and ability to work effectively in a fast-paced, early-stage environment.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Clear communication skills â we are a small team and direct collaboration matters.</p></li></ul></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Nice to have:</strong></p><ul style="min-height:1.5em"><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience with GitOps workflows or tools (e.g., Flux, ArgoCD).</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Exposure to GPU scheduling, ML infrastructure, or high-performance computing environments.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Familiarity with open-source contribution practices.</p></li><li><p style="min-height:1.5em">Experience in a startup or early-stage company setting.</p></li></ul></li></ul><h3>Compensation & Benefits</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">Compensation details were not provided for this role. This is a full-time position at an early-stage, VC-backed company where equity participation is typical. Details will be discussed during the interview process.</p><h3>Location</h3><p style="min-height:1.5em">This role is based in <strong>Los Angeles, CA, USA</strong>. The company also has a presence in San Francisco, CA.</p><p style="min-height:1.5em"><strong>Visa sponsorship is not available</strong> for this position.</p><br/><br/>Please mention the word **MERRINESS** and tag RMTM1LjEyNS4yMjMuNTY= when applying to show you read the job post completely (#RMTM1LjEyNS4yMjMuNTY=). This is a beta feature to avoid spam applicants. Companies can search these words to find applicants that read this and see they're human.