Ema
AI Platform
PrincipalArchitect
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“Principal Architect at Ema. Skills: Distributed systems, Cloud architecture, AI/ML infrastructure, Team leadership. Build and lead engineering organization. Set technical standard”
What You'll Achieve.
10x gains in workforce efficiency; Ship real systems; Run real business processes at scale; Attract, mentor, develop, and retain top-tier engineering talent; Keep the team shipping fast without compromising reliability; Saving $1M+ annually
Industry & Context.
High-stakes architectural decisions; Build vs. buy; Migration strategies; Technology bets
What They're Looking For.
Must Have
12+ years of software engineering experience, 4+ years leading platform or infrastructure teams of 8+ engineers, Deep, hands-on expertise in distributed systems, Production experience with container orchestration, Kubernetes, Microservices architecture, GCP, AWS, Azure, Go programming ability, Experience building internal platforms from scratch, Expertise in database internals and performance tuning, SQL, NoSQL, Graph data, Vector data, CAP theorem trade-offs, Proven ability to hire, develop, and retain high-caliber engineers
Nice to Have
Experience building infrastructure for AI/ML workloads, Model serving, GPU scheduling, Training pipelines, Inference optimization, Vector databases, Embedding pipelines, RAG architectures, LLM orchestration frameworks, Operating multi-tenant SaaS platforms, SOC 2, GDPR, HIPAA, Real-time data streaming, Kafka, Pulsar, Flink, Event-driven architecture, Large-scale cloud cost optimization initiatives
What You'll Do.
Build and lead engineering organization
Set technical standard
Demonstrate execution mindset
Collaborate with Head of Engineering
Architect product roadmap
Drive product roadmap
develop senior engineers
Establish engineering standards
Make architectural decisions
Own architectural outcomes
Drive cross-functional alignment
Own production health
Establish engineering practices
Participate in executive reviews
How You'll Work.
Team & Collaboration
Collaborate directly with the Head of Engineering and co-founders; Drive cross-functional alignment with product, ML/AI research, and go-to-market teams
Full Job Description
ABOUT EMA Ema is building the world’s leading Agentic AI platform to transform enterprise productivity. We enable organizations to delegate repetitive tasks to Ema, the Universal AI Employee, delivering 10x gains in workforce efficiency, across functions. Founded by former executives from Google, Coinbase, Flipkart, and Okta, our team includes engineers from premier tech companies and graduates of Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, CMU, and IITs. We are backed by industry leading investors including Accel, Naspers/Prosus, Section32, and angels like Sheryl Sandberg and Dustin Moskovitz. Headquartered in Silicon Valley and with offices in London, Bangalore and Vancouver and Bangalore, Ema is at the frontier of what Agentic AI can do in production — we ship real systems that run real business processes at scale. WHO WE ARE Ema is building the world’s leading Agentic AI platform to transform enterprise productivity. We enable organizations to delegate repetitive tasks to Ema, the Universal AI Employee, delivering 10x gains in workforce efficiency, across functions. Founded by former executives from Google, Coinbase, Flipkart, and Okta, our team includes engineers from premier tech companies and graduates of Stanford, MIT, UC Berkeley, CMU, and IITs. We are backed by industry leading investors including Accel, Naspers/Prosus, Section32, and angels like Sheryl Sandberg and Dustin Moskovitz. Headquartered in Silicon Valley and with offices in London, Bangalore and Vancouver and Bangalore, Ema is at the frontier of what Agentic AI can do in production — we ship real systems that run real business processes at scale. THE ROLE As a Principle Architect at Ema, you will build and lead a high-performance engineering organization — setting the technical standard for reliability and demonstrating a strong execution mindset. You will collaborate directly with the Head of Engineering and co-founders to architect and drive the product roadmap from an engineering standpoint. We are looking f
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