AI Platform Engineer
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- Build reproducible Kubernetes foundations and automated delivery
- Operate distributed GPU systems and scalable inference
- Expose governed self-service platforms with production SRE controls
Benchmark: OpenAI AI/Cloud Infrastructure + Anthropic Kubernetes/Inference roles (Sep 2026) Mastery ladder: 2 job-market competencies per level; 2 direct VIDEO bridges per competency (12 total).
Who’s Hiring Right Now
US openings posted in the last 7 days at OpenAI — this role’s own benchmark employers — refreshed daily, as of 2026-11-01. Pulled directly from each company’s public job board; not exhaustive, and postings close fast — worth confirming the details on the employer’s own site before applying.
Build reproducible Kubernetes foundations and automated delivery
Kubernetes, networking and cloud platform foundations
Coverage: Kubernetes & Cloud Infrastructure
Infrastructure as code, GitOps and repeatable delivery
Coverage: Terraform, GitOps & Continuous Delivery
Operate distributed GPU systems and scalable inference
Distributed systems, GPU scheduling and capacity efficiency
Coverage: Distributed Systems, Scheduling & GPU Operations
Model serving, inference scaling and deployment operations
Coverage: MLOps, KServe & Inference Operations
Expose governed self-service platforms with production SRE controls
Platform APIs, AI gateways and developer self-service
Coverage: AI Gateway, Internal Developer Platforms & DX
Observability, SLOs, incidents and performance/cost
Coverage: Observability, SRE & Production Reliability
Role-Readiness Proof / Capstone
Build an internal AI platform golden path: Terraform/GitOps-provisioned Kubernetes, GPU-aware scheduling, scalable model serving/inference, governed AI gateway, self-service portal, safe rollout/rollback, SLOs/telemetry, incident runbook and latency/utilization/cost evidence.
Proof Rubric
- Explain the concept clearly
- apply it in a realistic scenario
- compare tradeoffs
- show tests, metrics or decision evidence
- quantify customer/business/technical value or risk reduction