Platform Engineer

About Oumi

Why we exist: Oumi is on a mission to make frontier AI truly open for all. We are founded on the belief that AI will have a transformative impact on humanity, and that developing it collectively, in the open, is the best path forward to ensure that it is done efficiently and safely.

What we do: Oumi provides an allinone platform to build stateoftheart AI models, end to end, from data preparation to production deployment, empowering innovators to build cuttingedge models at any scale. Oumi also develops open foundation models in collaboration with academic collaborators and the open community.

Our Approach: Oumi is fundamentally an opensource first company, with opencollaboration across the community as a core principle. Our work is:

• Researchdriven: We conduct and publish original research in AI, collaborating with our community of academic research labs and collaborators

• Communitypowered: We believe in the power of opencollaboration and welcome contributions from researchers and developers worldwide

• Role Overview

  Were seeking an experienced Platform Engineer who thrives in 0to1 environments to join Oumis engineering team. Youll architect, build, and maintain the core platform services that power our products, working across the full technology stack with a focus on backend systems and infrastructure.

  What you’ll do:

  • Platform Architecture: Design and implement scalable, maintainable platform architecture from the ground up, making strategic technical decisions that will shape our technology foundation

  • Backend Development: Build robust, highperformance backend services and APIs using Python, with optional Rust for performancecritical components

  • Frontend Integration: Collaborate on JavaScriptTypeScript frontend components that integrate with your backend services

  • Infrastructure as Code: Implement infrastructure automation using modern DevOps practices and tools

  • Technical Leadership: Provide technical guidance on best practices, architecture decisions, and coding standards

  • 0to1 Development: Convert product requirements into fully functioning systems, taking ownership of features from concept to production

  • What you’ll bring:

    • Experience: Proven experience in software development, with a strong understanding of programming languages such as Python, Rust or Javascript.

    • 0to1 Track Record: Demonstrated success building systems from scratch in fastpaced environments

    • Technical Expertise:

    • • Strong proficiency in Python for backend development

      • Knowledge of Rust or willingness to learn for performancecritical components

      • Familiarity with cloud platforms (AWSGCPAzure)

      • Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration (Kubernetes)

      • • System Design: Ability to design clean APIs, scalable architectures, and efficient data models

        • DevOps Mindset: Experience with CICD pipelines, monitoring, and observability tools

        • • Communication: Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to work effectively with crossfunctional teams.

          • Open Source: Familiarity with opensource projects and a passion for contributing to the opensource community.

          • Values: Share Oumis values: Beneficial for all, Customerobsessed, Radical Ownership, Exceptional Teammates, Sciencegrounded.

          • The Details:

            • Benefits:

              • Competitive salary: $140,000$200,000

              • Equity in a highgrowth startup

              • Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance

              • 21 days PTO

              • Regular team offsites and events

              • • Location:

                  • Hybrid work environment, with offices in:

                    • Seattle, WA

                    • Palo Alto, CA

                    • New York, NY