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You will help ensure our Kubernetes integrations are robust, scalable and ready for production.\nYour work will shape how accelerators are scheduled, orchestrated and used across distributed environments. You will test the systems that make complex AI compute infrastructure reliable for real users.\nYou will design automated test suites, build system and integration tests, and improve CI/CD quality practices. You will also debug issues across Kubernetes, infrastructure and applications.\nThis role is for someone who wants to raise engineering quality across a deeply technical platform.\nThe team and culture\nYou will join the Workload Management team, working closely with software engineers and infrastructure specialists. The work is hands-on, systems-focused and driven by clear technical ownership.\nQuality is built early here, not checked at the end. 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