Infrastructure/SRE Engineer - Qualcomm - Remote, UK

Company:

Qualcomm Technologies International Ltd

Job Area:

Engineering Group, Engineering Group > Software Engineering

General Summary:

We are looking for an Infrastructure/SRE Engineer to help build and evolve the cloud platform that powers Edge Impulse. You will work alongside the infrastructure team to manage AWS infrastructure with Terraform, maintain Kubernetes clusters with Karpenter and Cilium, build CI/CD pipelines in Buildkite, and drive GitOps deployments through ArgoCD. Our platform runs a mix of CPU and GPU workloads to support ML model training and deployment, making infrastructure decisions impactful on both cost and performance. This role is part of the foundation that enables all engineering teams to ship reliably and securely at scale.

Preferred Qualifications:

4+ years in SRE, DevOps, or Platform Engineering roles

Strong AWS experience (EKS, RDS, S3, IAM, VPC)

Proficiency with Terraform in production environments

Solid Kubernetes knowledge including networking, RBAC, and autoscaling (Karpenter)

Experience with Cilium or eBPF-based networking, including network policies, observability with Hubble, and service mesh concepts

Exposure to GPU-accelerated workloads on Kubernetes is a plus

Experience with ArgoCD or similar GitOps workflows

CI/CD pipeline experience (Buildkite or similar)

Proficiency in TypeScript, Python, or Bash

Familiarity with Datadog, HashiCorp Vault, PostgreSQL, and Redis

Strong communicator comfortable on a fully distributed team

Roles/Responsibilities:

Help manage and improve AWS infrastructure using Terraform across multiple environments

Help maintain and scale Kubernetes clusters with Karpenter, including GPU node pools for ML workloads and troubleshooting scheduling and node lifecycle issues

Contribute to our Cilium-based networking layer, including network policy management, traffic observability via Hubble, and cluster connectivity

Build and maintain CI/CD pipelines using Buildkite

Manage deployments through ArgoCD with automated health checks and rollout strategies

Develop internal tooling and automation in TypeScript

Implement observability and alerting with Datadog

Champion security best practices including secrets management and access controls

Participate in incident response, capacity planning, and cost optimization initiatives

Minimum Qualifications:

Bachelor's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 4+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR

Master's degree in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 3+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

OR

PhD in Engineering, Information Systems, Computer Science, or related field and 2+ years of Software Engineering or related work experience.

2+ years of work experience with Programming Language such as C, C++, Java, Python, etc.

*References to a particular number of years experience are for indicative purposes only. Applications from candidates with equivalent experience will be considered, provided that the candidate can demonstrate an ability to fulfill the principal duties of the role and possesses the required competencies.

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