AI Product Engineer

<h2>About Nscale</h2> <p>Nscale is the GPU cloud engineered for AI. We provide cost-effective, high-performance infrastructure for AI start-ups and large enterprise customers. Nscale enables AI-focused companies to achieve superior results by reducing the complexity of AI development. Our GPU cloud bolsters technical capabilities and directly supports strategic business outcomes, including cost management, rapid innovation, and environmental responsibility.</p> <p>We thrive on a culture of relentless innovation, ownership, and accountability, where every team member takes pride in their work and drives it with excellence and urgency. As an Nscaler, you’ll build trust through openness and transparency, where everyone is inspired to do their best work. If you join our team, you’ll be contributing to building the technology that powers the future.</p> <h2>About the Role</h2> <p>We’re hiring a <strong><strong class="textBold">Principal Engineer (Product)</strong></strong> to build and evolve Nscale’s vertically integrated managed AI services stack.</p> <p>In this role, you’ll lead critical architecture decisions while staying hands-on in delivery across foundational platform capabilities including <strong><strong class="textBold">APIs, services, workflows, and data/control planes</strong></strong>. You’ll work closely with squads across the business, partnering with engineers, product managers, and executives to align interfaces, ownership, and operational readiness.</p> <p>This is a high-impact opportunity for an experienced engineer who thrives in ambiguity, turns complex problems into clear designs, and raises the bar on quality, security, and operational excellence. Your work will directly shape how Nscale ships reliable, secure, and scalable AI-native products with real enterprise impact.</p> <h2>What you'll be doing</h2> <p><strong><strong class="textBold">Platform Architecture &amp; Delivery</strong></strong></p> <ul> <li value="1"><strong><strong class="textBold">Design</strong></strong> foundational platform capabilities across APIs, services, workflows, and data/control planes</li> <li value="2"><strong><strong class="textBold">Implement</strong></strong> reliable, secure systems that support Nscale’s managed AI services stack</li> <li value="3"><strong><strong class="textBold">Drive</strong></strong> architecture decisions that balance scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency across distributed systems</li> <li value="4"><strong><strong class="textBold">Translate</strong></strong> ambiguous product and platform challenges into crisp technical designs and execution plans</li> </ul> <p><strong><strong class="textBold">Engineering Quality &amp; Reliability</strong></strong></p> <ul> <li value="1"><strong><strong class="textBold">Raise</strong></strong> the engineering bar through rigorous design reviews and strong testing strategy</li> <li value="2"><strong><strong class="textBold">Improve</strong></strong> system resilience with robust observability and modern reliability practices</li> <li value="3"><strong><strong class="textBold">Lead</strong></strong> post-incident learning and continuous improvement across the platform</li> <li value="4"><strong><strong class="textBold">Apply</strong></strong> strong code quality, performance, and production engineering fundamentals in day-to-day delivery</li> </ul> <p><strong><strong class="textBold">Security, Governance &amp; Operational Excellence</strong></strong></p> <ul> <li value="1"><strong><strong class="textBold">Embed</strong></strong> security, IAM, privacy, and governance into system design and delivery by default</li> <li value="2"><strong><strong class="textBold">Strengthen</strong></strong> operational readiness across services and platform components</li> <li value="3"><strong><strong class="textBold">Support</strong></strong> production excellence through incident response and ongoing system improvement</li> <li value="4"><strong><strong class="textBold">Contribute</strong></strong> to high-availability service design with attention to reliability and cost optimisation</li> </ul> <p><strong><strong class="textBold">Cross-Functional Technical Leadership</strong></strong></p> <ul> <li value="1"><strong><strong class="textBold">Partner</strong></strong> with squads across the firm to align on interfaces, ownership, and execution</li> <li value="2"><strong><strong class="textBold">Communicate</strong></strong> technical direction clearly across engineers, PMs, and executives</li> <li value="3"><strong><strong class="textBold">Balance</strong></strong> short- and long-term priorities to keep teams moving while building for scale</li> <li value="4"><strong><strong class="textBold">Scale</strong></strong> team effectiveness through alignment, strong design, and clear technical communication</li> </ul> <p><strong><strong class="textBold">Platform Leverage &amp; AI-Accelerated Execution</strong></strong></p> <ul> <li value="1"><strong><strong class="textBold">Improve</strong></strong> delivery velocity through platform leverage, automation, and tooling</li> <li value="2"><strong><strong class="textBold">Use</strong></strong> AI responsibly to accelerate software delivery and scale operations</li> <li value="3"><strong><strong class="textBold">Leverage</strong></strong> modern cloud-native patterns and systems thinking to evolve large-scale platforms</li> <li value="4"><strong><strong class="textBold">Advance</strong></strong> the managed AI services stack with practical, high-impact engineering improvements</li> </ul> <h2>KPIs</h2> <ul> <li value="1"><strong><strong class="textBold">Scalability, reliability, security, and cost efficiency of distributed systems</strong></strong></li> <li value="2"><strong><strong class="textBold">Delivery velocity through platform leverage, automation, and tooling</strong></strong></li> <li value="3"><strong><strong class="textBold">Operational excellence across observability, incident response, and post-incident learning</strong></strong></li> <li value="4"><strong><strong class="textBold">Cross-squad alignment on interfaces, ownership, and operational readiness</strong></strong></li> </ul> <h2>About You</h2> <ul> <li value="1"><strong><strong class="textBold">15+ years</strong></strong> building and shipping production platforms at scale</li> <li value="2">Strong experience with <strong><strong class="textBold">distributed systems</strong></strong> and <strong><strong class="textBold">cloud-native</strong></strong> environments</li> <li value="3">Proven expertise with <strong><strong class="textBold">Kubernetes</strong></strong>, <strong><strong class="textBold">CI/CD</strong></strong>, and reliability patterns</li> <li value="4">Proficiency in <strong><strong class="textBold">Python, Go, and/or Rust</strong></strong></li> <li value="5">Strong fundamentals in <strong><strong class="textBold">code quality, testing, and performance</strong></strong></li> <li value="6">Deep experience in <strong><strong class="textBold">observability, incident response, and continuous improvement</strong></strong></li> <li value="7">Strong security fundamentals including <strong><strong class="textBold">IAM, data protection, and governance</strong></strong> in production environments</li> <li value="8">Experience collaborating effectively across <strong><strong class="textBold">engineers, PMs, and executives</strong></strong></li> <li value="9">Ability to <strong><strong class="textBold">leverage AI</strong></strong> to build, evolve, and maintain large-scale systems</li> <li value="10">Experience with developer platforms, control planes, APIs, SDKs, or CLIs is a plus</li> </ul> <h2>What we can offer you</h2> <p>At Nscale, you'll find a collaborative, supportive, and innovative environment where your contributions spark real impact. We're building something extraordinary, and we want you at the core.</p> <ul> <li>Highly competitive US compensation package (base + bonus + equity), with performance reviews every 12 months. 🚀</li> <li>Join one of the fastest-growing AI infrastructure companies — your chance to directly shape how global AI capacity is planned and deployed. ✨</li> <li>Expect a dynamic progression plan tailored to your ambitions. Grow by leading critical cross-functional initiatives and shaping capital strategy — always with our full support.</li> <li>Human-First Flexibility: We treat you as humans first. 🫶🏽 Our flexible workplace trusts Nscalers to deliver, giving you the autonomy to shape your day around life's moments.</li> </ul> <h2>Equal Opportunities Statement</h2> <p>We strongly encourage applications from people of colour, the LGBTQ+ community, people with disabilities, neurodivergent people, parents, carers, and people from lower socio-economic backgrounds.</p> <p>If there’s anything we can do to accommodate your specific situation, please let us know.</p> <p>The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role.</p> <p>For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee &amp; Candidate Privacy Notice: Here.</p> <h2>Salary Range</h2> <p>The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale</p><div class="content-pay-transparency"><div class="pay-input"><div class="description"><p>The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.</p></div><div class="title">Salary Range</div><div class="pay-range"><span>$225,000</span><span class="divider">&mdash;</span><span>$250,000 USD</span></div></div></div><div class="content-conclusion"><p><em>For information on how Nscale handles candidate personal data, please see our Employee &amp; Candidate Privacy Notice:&nbsp;<a href="https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QK5Yg04WHD9K9IAtJgQWubJZC9oLvatK/view?usp=sharing" target="_blank" data-saferedirecturl="https://www.google.com/url?q=https://drive.google.com/file/d/1QK5Yg04WHD9K9IAtJgQWubJZC9oLvatK/view?usp%3Dsharing&amp;source=gmail&amp;ust=1765375172804000&amp;usg=AOvVaw2Ncte4rmlGl8OKuFuDgDtx">Here.</a></em></p></div>