Infrastructure Team Lead

We're  looking for an Infrastructure Team Lead to take ownership of the systems that power our AI  research and  development ,  ranging from   bare metal  GPU  clusters through to the internal services our engineers rely on every day.   This is  a  broad role   with technical  depth  and people  leadership.  You will  set the  technical   direction   of the  Infrastructure   team , drive  reliability   and  continuous  improvements  across the stack   – from  physical layer through to the software layer.  Additionally ,   you  will be  investing in  your engineers  through  1 : 1s , coaching and  creating  career   development  opportunities .   We’re  a team that  gets things done  properly  and  multipl ies  the  impact of   others.   If that  sounds like  an  exciting  problem ,   we’d  love  to talk.   What  you'll  be doing   Leading, managing, and developing a team of Infrastructure Engineers, setting clear  objectives  and fostering a high-performance, collaborative culture   Conducting regular 1:1s, performance reviews, and development planning to build technical capability and support career progression   Owning operational stability across our infrastructure, including hardware monitoring,  troubleshooting  and disaster recovery testing   Acting as the escalation point for technical and operational issues, leading major incident response and driving resolution   Leading  infrastructure  strategy, including capacity and  project planning   Driving standardisation,  automation  and optimisation  to reduce toil   Leading vendor relationships with hardware vendors, managed service  providers  and other external contacts   Who we are looking for   Proven experience in an Infrastructure Team Lead or Senior Engineer role, with strong people management and coaching skills   Experience leading or mentoring engineers, including setting  objectives  and supporting career development   A desire to go deep into any subject and a genuine love of learning on the job   Broad knowledge of the infrastructure supporting distributed systems — operating systems, observability tooling, networking, storage,  containers  and container orchestration   Comfortable troubleshooting Linux systems (we use Ubuntu)   Solid experience with infrastructure-as-code and automation tooling — we use Terraform and Ansible extensively   Experience with bare metal provisioning   —  we use PXE booting to automate hardware OS installs   Strong networking configuration and troubleshooting skills, including DNS/DHCP/IPAM   Excellent written and verbal communication skills, with the ability to influence at all levels and  report up and out   We encourage you to apply even if you do not feel you match all of the requirements exactly. The list of requirements is intended to show the kinds of experience and qualities we’re looking for, but it is not exhaustive. If you are interested in the role, the team, and our mission, we would love to consider your application. We are always open to conversations and look forward to hearing from you. Who we are: Speechmatics is the leading expert in Speech Intelligence, and uses AI and Machine Learning to unlock business value in human speech worldwide. We work with an amazing mix of global companies, and our technology can integrate into our customers stack irrespective of their industry or use case – making it the go-to solution to harness useful information from speech. Joining us means working with some of the smartest minds around the world, focused on cutting-edge projects and deploying the latest techniques to disrupt the market. We believe in putting people first; we’ll do all we can to help you develop your skills and give you the tools you need to thrive. Our Focus Fridays give you an undisturbed day of focus, offset with Together Tuesdays when we have our team meetings, so you've always got the right balance. We have structured a hybrid approach that includes 2-3 designated office days each week. This arrangement ensures that while we embrace the advantages of remote work, we also maintain the vital connection and synergy that only in-person interactions can foster. This is only the beginning; we’re looking for amazing people like you to continue our journey… What we can offer you: No matter what stage of your career you’re at - from paid internships and first-job opportunities through to management and senior positions - we’ll support you with the training and development needed to reach your career aspirations with us. There really is no shortage of opportunities here for you to get involved and collaborate with those around you to deliver your best work. We offer incredibly flexible working, regular company lunches, and birthday celebrations. But that’s not all