DeepSeek hiring 150 backend engineers to scale AI infrastructure
DeepSeek is adding about 150 senior backend engineers to deal with surging user demand and major backend strain from its AI agents. The hires will focus on essential systems like servers and virtual environments, not model training. The changes aim to rewrite and upgrade DeepSeek’s infrastructure, as backend systems are hitting their limits. The company says this is required to support ongoing aggressive growth and its transition to enterprise-grade AI services.
- 150 senior backend engineers sought, not AI researchers
- Hiring prompted by backend strain from rapid user and workload growth
- Focus on upgrades to systems like containers and virtual machines
- DeepSeek aims to double each department’s size this year
- Effort led by infrastructure director Cui Tianyi
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