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title: 'Member of Technical Staff - Infrastructure at Plix'
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# Member of Technical Staff - Infrastructure at Plix

- **Company:** Plix
- **Location:** San Mateo, CA
- **Employment:** full-time
- **Work type:** onsite
- **Posted:** 2024-12-19
- **Last confirmed live:** 2026-09-14
- **Apply:** https://jobs.gem.com/plixai/am9icG9zdDoTdp5aQeOiosQfCVukgInE

## Job description

## About Plix

Plix is a seed-stage startup with Stanford roots, supported by Samsara, Verkada, and Sequoia Capital. We are building the world’s first intelligent body cameras to provide real-time situational alerts to improve safety, security, and operational efficiency.

Position Overview As a Founding Member of our Technical Staff, you will be a part of architecting, implementing, and deploying our vision. We want you to be comfortable with quick experimentation, collaborative design, and turning vision into product. We are looking for someone passionate about mentoring and fostering a growth mindset, especially at the nascent stages of Plix’s growth.

## Responsibilities

- Iterate with our founding team on the design and implementation of development processes for the SaaS and Machine Learning infrastructure solution, and subsequent iterations of the software
- Debug, improve, and optimize Plix’s software and infrastructure to enable a reliable, performant, and scalable software ecosystem
- Help to define and champion engineering standards and processes
- Stay up-to-date on the latest technologies and AI research and migrate to the latest infrastructure types when needed
- Mentor and manage junior engineers as we grow to create a collaborative, inclusive environment

## Requirements

- Exceptional programming skills in Python, comfortable working with Kubernetes, Docker, and other related frameworks
- Experience working with cloud computing offerings like AWS and GCP, specifically with services like GCS/S3, GCE/EC2, GKE, Container Registries, etc.
- Experience with SQL and no-SQL databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL, MongoDB, Cassandra) and web servers (e.g., Apache, Nginx)
- Successful track record or demonstration of aptitude with deployment of distributed systems and infrastructure
- Capable of working with a high level of autonomy and responsibility in a rapidly changing environment with dynamic objectives
- Experience building a zero to one SaaS backend infrastructure solution
- Excellent communication skills and ability to turn vision into running software
- Demonstrated record of working hard, being a trustworthy teammate, and holding yourself and others to high standards
- A passion for collaboration and working with teams

## Preferred Qualifications

- Familiarity with interfacing with secure/private customer data, especially video
- Experience working with computer vision libraries like OpenCV and FFmpeg
- Experience with deployment of GPU backend systems and infrastructure
- Experience deploying and managing TensorFlow or Torch models at scale
- Advanced machine learning knowledge for training and building new models, especially related to large language models (LLMs)
- Prior management experience and/or interest to grow into a leadership role

## About Plix

## Company Overview
- **One-liner**: Plix provides an AI-powered body camera platform that combines livestreaming, GPS tracking, and real-time incident alerts to increase safety and efficiency for frontline workers.
- **Entity Type**: Private (Seed round in September 2023)
- **Headquarters**: Emerald Hills, California, United States
- **Founded**: 2023 (estimated based on seed round date)
- **Founders**: Johann Hauswald (CEO and Co-Founder), Francisco Romero (Co-Founder)

## Core Business
- **Primary industry**: AI-powered security and workforce safety technology (Software Development)
- **Target customers**: B2B – organizations with frontline workers in armed/unarmed security, secure transport, retail, healthcare, government, transportation, warehousing, critical infrastructure, repossession/towing, residential/commercial real estate, and parking enforcement.
- **Mission or purpose statement**: "To increase the safety, security, and efficiency of the workforce that serves our communities and businesses."

## Products & Services
- **X1 Body Camera**: Hardware device with 20-hour battery, 12-hour continuous recording, livestream, GPS, indoor localization, real-time AI incident alerts, and a built-in Report Agent. No docking required; instant categorized uploads.
- **Plix Platform (SaaS)**: Central command dashboard for live guard status, GPS shifts, event summaries, and proactive incident detection. Includes AI-powered analytics (Safety & Hero Inbox), automated reporting (voice-to-report in ~45 seconds), and workforce intelligence (hotspot mapping, resource allocation).
- **Integrations**: Seamlessly connects with workforce management systems for coordination, compliance, and reporting.

## Market Standing
- **Valuation/Market Cap**: Not disclosed
- **Key Metric**: Total Funding – Seed round (Sep 2023) with 2 investors (names not publicly available). Annual Revenue – Not publicly available.
- **Notable Investors/Partners**: Not disclosed (seed investors unnamed). Partners implied through integrations with workforce management systems.
- **Growth Signals**: 
  - 2,500+ frontline workers protected
  - 100K+ real-time alerts triggered
  - 1,500+ schools, homes, HOAs, municipalities, and businesses monitored
  - Customer claims: 85% reduction in complaints, 82% reduction in report generation time, 3x faster resource allocation
  - Headcount grew 46.2% YoY (from ~10 to 16 employees)

## Competitive Advantages
- **AI-first approach**: Proactive detection even if staff forget to press record; automatic incident flagging and categorization.
- **All-in-one platform**: Combines hardware (body camera), livestream, GPS, AI alerts, automated reporting, and workforce analytics in a single system.
- **Voice-to-report agent**: Cuts reporting time from 15 minutes to 45 seconds.
- **Proven ROI**: Reduces false claims (use-of-force, harassment), lowers administrative overhead, and improves compliance verification.
- **Scalable deployment**: Scan-and-go assignment, no docking required, instant cloud uploads.

## Strategic Focus
- **Expand verticals**: Already serving security, retail, healthcare, government, transportation, warehousing, real estate, and more – likely to deepen penetration in each.
- **AI-driven efficiency**: Continuously improve automated reporting, incident detection, and workforce intelligence to replace manual processes.
- **Operational visibility at scale**: Provide command centers and field leaders with real-time dashboards and hotspot analysis to optimize resource allocation.
- **Growth through hiring**: Actively recruiting for roles like Member of Technical Staff – Machine Learning (as of 2025), indicating investment in AI/ML capabilities.

## Why Work Here
- **Mission-driven culture**: “We celebrate the everyday heroes who keep our world running.” Focus on making frontline work safer and more visible.
- **Early-stage startup (~16 employees)**: Opportunity to have significant impact, wear multiple hats, and shape product and culture.
- **Growth trajectory**: 46% headcount growth YoY, expanding customer base across multiple industries – a fast-moving environment.
- **Distributed team**: Workforce spans United States and India, suggesting flexibility in location (remote/hybrid likely, but not explicitly stated).
- **Technical challenges**: Work on AI/ML for real-time video, edge computing, and safety-critical systems.
- **Values recognition**: “Safety & Hero Inbox” highlights employee recognition through AI-captured moments – aligns with a culture of appreciation.

## Sources
1. [plix.ai](https://www.plix.ai/)
2. [plix.ai/company](https://www.plix.ai/company)
3. [plix.ai/solution](https://www.plix.ai/solution)
4. [linkedin.com/company/plixai](https://linkedin.com/company/plixai)
5. [jobs.gem.com/plixai](https://jobs.gem.com/plixai/am9icG9zdDoKT6LvFb16yxxS0Cjk9yrq)

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