Software Engineer, Inference & Platform

About this role

Chai Discovery seeks a seasoned infrastructure engineer to build resilient, elegant systems powering AI-driven drug discovery. You'll design compute infrastructure and services supporting model inference, evaluation, and product delivery while collaborating with researchers and commercial teams to bring advanced molecular design tools to market.

What you'll do

• Design and maintain compute and infrastructure systems for model inference and evaluation
• Own end-to-end observability, alerting, and incident response for 24x7 production systems
• Build developer-friendly services that scale from prototype to enterprise adoption
• Translate scientific and product requirements into robust engineering solutions
• Lead both greenfield infrastructure projects and scaling initiatives
• Collaborate with product, research, and commercial teams on technical implementation

What they're looking for

• Production systems architecture and deployment
• Infrastructure observability and incident response
• Cloud computing and containerization
• AI/ML system scaling and optimization
• Cross-functional communication and technical documentation
• Security and platform engineering practices
• Modern DevOps tooling and practices
• On-call operations and reliability ownership

Benefits

• Highly competitive compensation
• Work on cutting-edge AI drug discovery technology
• Mission-driven environment focused on therapeutic impact
• Talented, fast-moving team with high ownership culture
• Opportunity to shape infrastructure at scale
• San Francisco office location