Tavus is hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Infrastructure) to own the systems behind CVI, its real-time conversational product, driving uptime, latency, and cost.
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Responsibilities
- ▹Own CVI's inference deployments
- ▹Operate the GPU infrastructure serving live conversations across multiple providers and regions
- ▹Tune newest GPU generations and cut cold-start and model load times
- ▹Expand the GPU footprint: bring on new providers and regions, stand up clusters on EKS
- ▹Push the uptime bar higher, including SOC2 and security work
- ▹Fix problems wherever they live, including backend or product code
- ▹Rework the deploy pipeline so shipping is fast and predictable
Requirements
- ▹Hands-on GPU inference experience, building reliable systems on GPU cloud providers
- ▹Kubernetes and EKS depth, including routing and scheduling
- ▹Deep AWS experience, turning services into simple, repeatable processes
- ▹A senior track record of ownership: setting technical direction, driving ambiguous work to completion
- ▹Ability to explain complex ideas clearly to engineers and non-engineers alike
Nice to have
- ▹Experience with GCP
- ▹Experience with video streaming infrastructure
- ▹Experience with training infrastructure or LLM serving
- ▹Experience with SOC2 or security compliance
Soft skills
Outcome ownership beyond the immediate taskOpenness to unfamiliar problems, fast learningAdapting to shifting prioritiesGenuine care for large-scale, real-time systems
About the company
Tavus is a research lab pioneering human computing: real-time human simulation models that let machines see, hear, respond, and look real. The company is Series B, backed by investors including Sequoia Capital, Y Combinator, and Scale Venture Partners.
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