About the Role
We're hiring an exceptional Infrastructure Engineer to build the systems that turn Ironsite's data into the intelligence layer we're building. You'll own the backbone that connects wearable devices to AI systems, from device-to-cloud ingestion to petabyte-scale video pipelines and compute orchestration. The systems you build will determine our scaling speed, model learning speed, and the extent to which we can make the physical world legible.
Responsibilities
- Build the device-to-cloud ingestion layer for reliable, high-throughput data transfer from wearable devices in challenging environments.
- Develop petabyte-scale video pipelines for ingesting, processing, storing, and serving millions of hours of first-person video.
- Implement and optimize vision-language model inference across edge devices, on-premises rigs, and cloud clusters.
- Create the research compute platform, serving as the substrate for AI team training and evaluation.
- Develop automated reporting infrastructure to deliver AI-powered insights to field leaders daily.
- Implement privacy and compliance controls, including automated face and phone blurring and worker anonymization.
- Ensure edge reliability at scale through monitoring, observability, and resilience patterns for continuously operating devices.
Requirements
- Deep infrastructure experience across cloud, distributed systems, and the intersection with hardware and edge devices.
- Proven track record of architecting and shipping scalable data or ML training pipelines.
- Strong systems thinking across the full stack, from IoT/embedded to cloud/HPC.
- Comfort operating at the edge of known solutions and figuring things out.
- Typically 8+ years of experience, with at least 3-4 spent at Staff/Principal level.
Skills
- Cloud infrastructure
- Distributed systems
- Hardware integration
- Edge devices
- Data pipelines
- ML training pipelines
- IoT/embedded systems
- HPC
- Observability
- Security patterns for edge devices
- Video data management
- Edge ML inference
- Neural accelerator chips
- IoT networking
- Multi-environment HPC networking
- Systems thinking
- Full-stack systems ownership
Location
- San Francisco, CA
Work Type
- On-site
Experience Level
- 8+ years of experience
- 3-4 years at Staff/Principal level
Salary/Compensations
- Competitive salary and equity package
Benefits
- Ability to purchase xPU or devices for development
- Full benefits including health, dental, vision
- 401 (k) + 6% match
About the Company
- Ironsite is building the intelligence layer for the physical world, designing wearable hardware and transforming shift footage into actionable insights for construction projects.
- We accelerate construction speed, efficiency, and predictability for complex infrastructure projects using AI models trained on egocentric construction footage and labor productivity data.
- Our pro-worker philosophy empowers the workforce, providing better visibility and creating a system where construction reality is accessible to project leaders.
- Ironsite is deployed on major construction projects, capturing extensive footage while maintaining worker privacy through anonymization and no audio recording.
- We are backed by leading investors and prominent operators in technology and construction.
- We believe Ironsite is the foundation for the future of construction, aiming to create a system that respects and values the workforce, enabling autonomous construction.
