AI is growing faster than any technology in history and the explosion in demand has created a massive infrastructure gap; we can no longer build chips or power stations fast enough to keep up. The industry is still leaning on a ten-year-old hardware blueprint that has reached its limit. A new paradigm that is faster and more efficient will be the biggest economic opportunity of the next century and create the most important company of the next decade. The OLIX Decode Accelerator 1 (DX-1) is the first accelerator architected specifically for decode. Rack-scale co-design of logic, data movement, packaging, optics and interconnect enables a step change in system level performance.
The Role
We are looking for an Infrastructure Manager to build and lead the team responsible for the internal platform our entire organization depends on. You will own the compute, storage, networking, and CI/CD systems that our hardware, software, ML, and compiler engineers use to build, test, and collaborate daily. This is a high-ownership role with the freedom to define our internal infrastructure, security standards, and technical operations from the ground up. You will guide your team to transform slow, manual workflows into fast, reproducible, and genuinely secure systems, while currently holding the reins for our foundational IT operations as the company expands. If you care equally about maximizing engineering velocity, establishing best-in-class security, and building a highly capable technical team, there is a massive amount of impactful work to dig into here.
Day to day, you will guide your team and manage the strategic execution of our engineering platform and technical operations. This is a mix of strategic alignment, architectural guidance, and team enablement focused on:
Team Leadership & Delivery: Direct the team in building provisioning automation, CI/CD pipelines, internal tooling, network design, and observability systems.
Operational & IT Oversight: Ensure your team effectively supports and unblocks engineers on complex build or connectivity issues, while also steering the broader IT function, including identity management, device fleets, and SaaS administration, as we scale through this phase of growth.
Security Posture: Champion a secure-by-default mindset across infrastructure, endpoints, and access management.
Cross-Functional Collaboration: Partner closely with engineering leaders, with compiler engineering as an early and demanding customer, to ensure the engineering platform and the broader company environment remain highly coherent and efficient.
15+ years of post-qualification experience, including significant time as General Counsel, Chief Legal Officer, or senior in-house legal leader
Demonstrated experience building a legal function from the ground up in an early-stage or high-growth environment, then scaling it through fundraising into a larger organisation
Deep commercial contracting expertise gained in a hardware, semiconductor, or deep-tech business with complex global supply chains
Strong grounding in IP strategy and patent portfolio management for hardware, semiconductor, or other deep-tech IP
Hands-on experience with corporate governance, financing rounds, and Board-level legal counsel
Experience navigating export control, trade compliance, and technology transfer regulations relevant to advanced hardware or AI
Comfortable operating hands-on in a fast-moving, pre-scale environment: able to set standards without over-engineering them, and to build the team as the company grows
Qualified lawyer (JD, LLB, or equivalent), admitted to practice in at least one major jurisdiction (UK, US, or EU)
Competitive Salary: Commensurate with your experience, skills, and location
Equity & Ownership: Meaningful stock options. You’re not just joining the mission; you’re owning a piece of it
Proximity Bonus: We value your time. To minimise your commute and maximise your life, we offer an annual Living-Local Bonus if your residence is within 20 minutes of the office
Retirement Benefits: Employer-contributed retirement plans to help you build long-term financial security
Due to U.S. export control regulations, candidates’ eligibility to work at OLIX depends on their most recent citizenship or permanent residency status. We are generally unable to consider applicants whose most recent citizenship or permanent residence is in certain restricted countries (currently including Iran, North Korea, Syria, Cuba, Russia, Belarus, China, Hong Kong, Macau, and Venezuela). Applicants who have subsequently obtained citizenship or permanent residency in another country not subject to these restrictions may still be eligible.
