Aleph Alpha

We are an AI research and application company that researches, develops and operationalises large-scale AI models for language, image data and strategy, thereby contributing to securing Europe's digital sovereignty.

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Aleph Alpha

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HQDE

Team Size360

Open Jobs27

Total Funding$650M

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

Headquarters: Heidelberg, Germany

Founded: 2019

Core focus: Sovereign, human-centric generative AI and large-scale models

Notable product: PhariaAI (AI operating system)

Total funding reported: ≈ $650M

Company Overview

Problem Domain

Generative AI for language, image data and strategic applications with emphasis on sovereignty and domain specialization.

Founded

2019

Industry

Technology, Information and Internet

Funding Track Record

Series A- July 2021

€23M (~$27M)

Series B- November 6, 2023

$500M (announced)

Consortium included strategic investors such as HPE, SAP and Burda

Investor Signal

“Includes strategic and corporate investors (Schwarz Group, Bosch Ventures, HPE, SAP, Burda) and institutional VCs (Earlybird, Lakestar)”

Founders

What we do

TL;DR

Company Overview

Funding Track Record

Founders

What we do

Aleph Alpha

aleph-alpha.com

Aleph Alpha

aleph-alpha.com

HQDE

Team Size360

Open Jobs27

Total Funding$650M

Latest FundraiseUnknown

TL;DR

Headquarters: Heidelberg, Germany

Founded: 2019

Core focus: Sovereign, human-centric generative AI and large-scale models

Notable product: PhariaAI (AI operating system)

Total funding reported: ≈ $650M

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Company Overview

Problem Domain

Generative AI for language, image data and strategic applications with emphasis on sovereignty and domain specialization.

Founded

2019

Industry

Technology, Information and Internet

Funding Track Record

Series A- July 2021

€23M (~$27M)

Series B- November 6, 2023

$500M (announced)

Consortium included strategic investors such as HPE, SAP and Burda

Investor Signal

“Includes strategic and corporate investors (Schwarz Group, Bosch Ventures, HPE, SAP, Burda) and institutional VCs (Earlybird, Lakestar)”

Founders

What we do

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Join the Team

Systems Engineer (f/m/d)

On-SiteHeidelberg, DE

On-Site • Heidelberg, DE

Overview We are seeking a Systems Engineer to join our growing infrastructure team. As we advance our AI stack and scale our infrastructure, you will play a pivotal role in designing, maintaining, and optimising our systems. Your expertise will help ensure high availability, security, and performance while enabling seamless deployment for our customers and internal teams.

As a technical team member, you will drive improvements across our infrastructure. Your contributions will be instrumental in shaping the future of our AI-powered solutions.

Your Responsibilities

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Be part of the design, development, and optimisation of the Pharia AI stack and the supporting infrastructure.

Help define best practices and guide teams in writing Helm charts and deploying their artefacts efficiently.

Maintain highly available Kubernetes (K8s) clusters on StackIT or similar cloud platforms.

You know how to design, build and maintain Kubernetes Operators.

Provide strategic guidance and hands-on assistance to customers for deploying and maintaining our products on their infrastructure.

Ensure compliance with security and reliability best practices; represent the team in audits and respond to security questionnaires.

Drive automation efforts and improve CI/CD pipelines to enhance deployment efficiency and system resilience.

Collaborate with cross-functional teams to align infrastructure with business and product goals.

Experience in designing, deploying, and maintaining Kubernetes clusters in production environments.
Automation & CI/CD Expertise: Proficiency in tools such as Helm, Ansible, Terraform, ArgoCD, GitLab CI, and JFrog.
Experience with Kubernetes Operators design and implementation.
Strong programming skills in at least one language from our stack: Rust or Go.
Deep understanding of security, reliability, and scalability best practices for infrastructure.
Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with a track record of contributing to a culture of learning and innovation.
Experience working in fast-paced startup environments is a plus.

What You Can Expect From Us

Become part of an AI revolution!
30 days of paid vacation
Access to a variety of fitness & wellness offerings via Wellhub
Mental health support through nilo.health
Substantially subsidised company pension plan for your future security
Subsidised Germany-wide transportation ticket
Budget for additional technical equipment
Flexible working hours for better work-life balance and hybrid working model
Virtual Stock Option Plan