Founding Infrastructure Engineer

This is a job that Jill, our AI Recruiter, is recruiting for on behalf of one of our customers. She will pick the best candidates from Jack's network. The next step is to speak to Jack. Job Title Infrastructure Engineer Salary Not Disclosed + Equity Company Description Alpha Machines is a pre-seed deeptech company founded by repeat unicorn founders, including the co-founder of the $1B+ company Beamery. They are re-industrialising Europe by designing and manufacturing power electronics for aerospace, defence, and robotics, powered by AlphaOS, their proprietary AI platform that bridges the gap between cloud infrastructure and the factory floor. Job Description As a Founding Infrastructure Engineer at Alpha Machines, you will architect the foundational layer of AlphaOS. You’ll design secure, sovereign infrastructure spanning hyperscaler clouds and bare-metal factory edges. This high-impact role involves building real-time data pipelines for industrial sensors and establishing SRE practices for critical national infrastructure within a vertically integrated environment. Location London/Reading, UK Why this role is remarkable Work directly with repeat unicorn founders to build the world's most advanced factories and re-industrialise European manufacturing.Own the complete architectural direction of a platform that operates at the intersection of hyperscaler cloud and physical hardware.Shape critical national infrastructure for aerospace and defence sectors where reliability and security have real-world consequences beyond a screen. What You Will Do Architect the end-to-end infrastructure for AlphaOS, orchestrating workloads across cloud providers and bare-metal systems at the factory edge.Design and manage production-grade Kubernetes clusters that interface directly with manufacturing equipment and high-rate industrial sensor telemetry.Establish zero-trust security and sovereignty frameworks suitable for safety-critical environments, including identity management and secure supply-chain pipelines. The ideal candidate Deep expertise in production Kubernetes, specifically managing clusters on bare metal or edge environments rather than just managed cloud services.Proven experience deploying infrastructure within high-assurance or safety-critical sectors such as defence, aerospace, energy, or regulated finance.Strong background in Infrastructure-as-Code and networking, with the ability to navigate multi-cloud trade-offs and communicate complex architectural decisions. Who are Jack & Jill? Ok, I'll go first. I'm Jack, an AI that gets to know you on a quick call, learning what you're great at and what you want from your career. Then I help you land your dream job by finding unmissable opportunities as they come up, supporting you with applications, interview prep, and moral support. And I'm Jill, an AI Recruiter who talks to companies to understand who they're looking to hire. Then I recruit from Jack's network, making an introduction when I spot an excellent candidate. How does this work? Jack's an AI agent for job searching and career coaching. He works for you.Jill is the AI recruiter working for the company. She recruits from Jack's network.If it's a match and the company wants to meet you, they'll make the intro. In the meantime, if you'd like, Jack will send you excellent alternatives. We never post fake jobs This isn't a trick. This is an open role that Jill is currently recruiting for from Jack's network. Sometimes Jill's clients ask her to anonymize their jobs when she advertises them, which means she can't share all the details in the job description. We appreciate this can make them look a bit suspect, but there isn't much we can do about it. Give Jack a spin! You could land this role. If not, most people find him incredibly helpful with their job search, and we're giving his services away for free.