Chief Technology Architect, Enterprise Engineering

7 days ago


Mountain View, California, United States DeepMind Full time
Job Description

In this challenging role, you will be responsible for leading and driving technology projects in our workplace. The Enterprise Engineering team designs, develops, and supports world-class infrastructure to accelerate our research progress.

We are seeking an experienced Infrastructure Engineer to lead and drive technology projects in our workplace. As a key member of the Enterprise Engineering team, you will design, develop, and support world-class infrastructure to accelerate our research progress.

About Us

At DeepMind, we value diversity of experience, knowledge, backgrounds, and perspectives and harness these qualities to create extraordinary impact. We are committed to equal employment opportunity regardless of sex, race, religion or belief, ethnic or national origin, disability, age, citizenship, marital, domestic or civil partnership status, sexual orientation, gender identity, pregnancy, or related condition (including breastfeeding) or any other basis as protected by applicable law.

Artificial Intelligence could be one of humanity's most useful inventions. At DeepMind, we're a team of scientists, engineers, machine learning experts, and more, working together to advance the state of the art in artificial intelligence. We use our technologies for widespread public benefit and scientific discovery, and collaborate with others on critical challenges, ensuring safety and ethics are the highest priority.

The Role

This role requires an individual with a deep level of expertise to support systems, ensure facility uptime, security, and help our teams push the bounds of technology. You will partner with a number of different teams within DeepMind, ranging from Production Studios, Robotics, and more, to ensure that our infrastructure consistently meets their needs and the long-term strategy is evolving to meet requirements.

  • You will be accountable for the security of non-corporate systems across DeepMind, ensuring the security and integrity of sensitive research data and intellectual property.
  • You will design, maintain, and optimize our virtualization stack, both on-premises and remote, to provide researchers with flexible and scalable computing environments.
  • You will lead the design, deployment, and maintenance of OS & security patching infrastructure, and configuration management infrastructure.
  • You will drive technological innovation: Proactively identify emerging technologies and collaborate with vendors to implement solutions that anticipate and meet the future needs of our research teams.
  • You will manage site upgrades, ensuring minimal disruption and maintaining operational stability for our critical research infrastructure.
  • You will partner with research teams on an ad-hoc basis to understand their unique needs and provide tailored support.
  • You will ensure facility documentation is up-to-date, accurate, and accessible, fostering a culture of transparency and collaboration.
  • You will lead with innovative solutions: Apply your technical expertise and project management skills to tackle complex challenges, taking ownership and driving impactful solutions.
  • You will ensure high availability and quality of service across all research facilities through proactive monitoring, preventative maintenance, and rapid incident response.
About You

We are a team of domain specialists, and we are looking for a candidate with deep Infrastructure Engineering experience. You should have a solid understanding of networking technology to inform troubleshooting, maintenance, and planning and will partner closely with network engineers within the team.

To set you up for success as an Infrastructure Engineer at DeepMind, we look for the following skills and experience:

  • Prior experience in a role accountable for information security of fleet.
  • Solid knowledge of systems and networking software, hardware, and networking protocols.
  • Expertise in implementing and effectively helping desk and IT operations practices, including substantial knowledge of security, storage, data protection, and disaster recovery protocols.
  • Possess a logical approach to troubleshooting, and ability to analyze network behaviors using packet capture and inspection tools.
  • Experience working with fibre-based infrastructure (MTP/MPO).
  • Experience with scripting and automation tools such as Python, bash, Ansible, Puppet.
  • You have a deep understanding of cloud technologies, specifically Google Cloud and have experience deploying cloud services.
  • Ability to work effectively at all levels in an organization, and collaboratively as part of a team.
  • Line management/mentorship experience.
  • You are excited to push the boundaries of technologies, identifying gaps in technology and working with equipment manufacturers to fill them.

The estimated annual salary range for this full-time position is between $168,000 - $266,000 plus bonus, equity, and benefits.



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