Infrastructure Engineer: Scalable, Low-Latency Systems

ABOUT AARU Aaru operates at the frontier of predictive intelligence, using AI to simulate and predict human behavior at scale. By generating and deploying instances of artificial intelligence that mirror humans, called agents, Aaru simulates entire populations with unprecedented accuracy. Our partners work with us for many reasons: they leverage Aaru to refine strategy in volatile geopolitical climates, cut new product innovation timelines from months to minutes, and deploy marketing campaigns that win in an era where consumers have never been harder to understand. We provide organizations with invaluable foresight, empowering them to anticipate outcomes and proactively make the right decisions at the right time, every time. We're a small, dedicated, mission-driven team and we intend to stay that way. We believe the best work happens when exceptionally talented people are given ownership, trust and the space to operate without bureaucratic friction. We work with urgency and intellectual honesty and expect new team members to match our velocity. We seek individuals who thrive at the frontier, who push beyond conventional limits, who bring curiosity and conviction in equal measure, and who want their work to have demonstrable impact in the world. If you're energized by the idea of a small team doing things that feel impossible, let’s build together. ABOUT THE ROLE As an Infrastructure engineer, you’ll be responsible for scaling computational needs for Aaru and its customers. The Infrastructure team owns scalability and continuous improvement of all systems across the company, ensuring the rate of decision-making by Aaru and our customers exponentially increases. RESPONSIBILITIES Design and build high-performance and low-latency infrastructure systems to enable Aaru’s engineering organization Optimize and manage reliability for complex data ingestion pipelines from diverse sources Identify inefficiencies or issues anywhere in our system design that can be solved in infrastructure Collaborate with others on the infrastructure team to architect and implement solutions YOU MAY BE A FIT IF You’ve built applications or frameworks that large engineering teams love to use You care deeply about performance, developer experience, and reliability You have worked with research teams to transition experiments into production pipelines You have experience solving engineering problems at the infrastructure level You’re experienced with working with languages with an algebraic type system You have practical experience with the limitations of networking protocols STRONG CANDIDATES MAY ALSO Have strong experience in cloud primitives Strong understanding of networking protocols ( TLS, etc) Have experience establishing a strong culture oriented around identifying and eliminating bottlenecks in long-running computational pipelines LOCATION This role is based in New York City. Aaru is an in-person company, working 5 days a week in office. Candidates are expected to be located within the New York City metropolitan area or open to relocation. BENEFITS At Aaru, we take care of our people. In addition to a competitive base salary and equity participation, we offer comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, visa sponsorship and relocation support, and various other benefits and perks. #J-18808-Ljbffr Aaru