Staff Engineer- Core Infra Job in Eightfold

Staff Engineer - Core Infrastructure

Location: Bangalore, Karnataka, India

Employment Type: Full-Time | Hybrid Work Model

About Eightfold.ai

At Eightfold.ai, we re transforming the future of work by leveraging artificial intelligence to connect individuals with career opportunities based on their skills and potential, not just their network. Our Talent Intelligence Platform powers a more diverse, inclusive workforce by helping organizations plan, hire, develop, and retain top talent.

With $410M+ in funding and a $2B+ valuation, we are revolutionizing how the world thinks about skills, potential, and careers. If you re passionate about cutting-edge technology, infrastructure, and creating scalable solutions that impact the world, we want you to join us.

The Opportunity

We re looking for a Staff Engineer to join our Core Infrastructure Team and help scale the backbone of Eightfold s platform. This high-impact role will involve designing, building, and optimizing foundational systems that power everything from search and machine learning infrastructure to developer platforms and observability tools.

You will drive system design across our stack and mentor engineering teams to build scalable, resilient systems that enable Eightfold to grow and deliver AI-powered solutions for our customers.

What You ll Own & Drive

• Architect & Scale Core Systems: Design and build scalable infrastructure systems that support Eightfold s AI-driven products, including search, compute, storage, and machine learning infrastructure.
• Cross-Functional Leadership: Lead cross-team technical initiatives, collaborating with Product, Security, Data, and Platform teams to align with company-wide goals.
• Hands-On Development: Contribute directly to system design, code reviews, and incident response, ensuring best practices are followed.
• Mentorship & Leadership: Guide and mentor engineers to help them grow into future leaders, fostering a culture of technical excellence across teams.
• Advocate for Engineering Excellence: Champion best practices across areas such as cloud architecture, CI/CD, security, and observability.
• Solve Complex Infrastructure Challenges: Tackle problems around reliability, scalability, and infrastructure performance, ensuring the systems are robust and perform well at scale.
• Bring Emerging Tech to Life: Stay on top of the latest trends and technologies, incorporating new scalable design patterns into our architecture.

What You Bring

• 10+ years of experience in backend or infrastructure engineering, with a strong background in building distributed, cloud-native systems.
• Proven track record in designing and delivering reliable, high-scale services (ideally in AWS, GCP, or Azure environments).
• Expertise in Infrastructure Technologies: Deep knowledge of containerization, orchestration (Kubernetes), and infrastructure-as-code.
• Experience with one or more of the following: search infrastructure, ML/AI infrastructure, databases/data warehouses, developer tooling, or platform security.
• Leadership Experience: A passion for mentoring and guiding engineers, influencing teams and peers, and driving excellence across projects.
• Strong communication skills, able to translate complex technical challenges into strategic business impact.
• (Bonus) Experience with SRE principles, cloud security, and compliance for enterprise/government environments.

Our Engineering Culture

At Eightfold, we believe in ownership over tasks. You won t just be given directions; you ll be trusted to take responsibility and make a measurable impact. We have a growth mindset and continuously improve in all aspects of our work. Collaboration, transparency, and speed are core to everything we do. You ll work in a dynamic, supportive environment where your work directly influences the success of the company and its mission.

Why Eightfold?

• Meaningful Work: Help shape the future of work by building products that impact careers and businesses globally.
• Growth Opportunities: Be part of a rapidly scaling company where your contributions are highly valued.
• Competitive Compensation: Attractive salary, equity, and comprehensive benefits package (including medical, vision, and dental coverage).
• Hybrid Work Model: Work from our Bangalore office twice a week, with flexibility for remote work.
• Inclusive Culture: We are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive work environment where everyone feels valued.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Eightfold.ai is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We do not discriminate based on race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, or disability.

Ready to Build the Future with Us?

If you re a hands-on, innovative engineer with a passion for building scalable systems and tackling infrastructure challenges, we want to hear from you.