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You are welcome to reapply if you get more experience, but please avoid applying more than once every 6 months. You may also find that we put up postings for singular roles for separate, project or team specific needs. In those cases, you're welcome to apply directly in addition to an evergreen role.\nWhat You’ll Do\nOperate and automate large GPU clusters including provisioning, imaging, and capacity planning.\n\nWrite software that abstracts cluster management and presents a unified interface for training and inference.\n\nExtend scheduling/orchestration (Kubernetes, Slurm, or similar) for topology-aware placement, preemption, quotas, and fair-share multi-tenancy.\n\nMonitor and improve operational metrics of speed, reliability, and error recovery.\n\nBuild reliable storage and artifact paths for datasets, checkpoints, and logs with clear retention and lineage.\n\nPartner with researchers to unblock scale runs and advise on parallelism and performance trade-offs.\n\nSkills and Qualifications\nMinimum qualifications:\nBachelor’s degree or equivalent experience in computer science, engineering, or similar.\n\nProficiency in at least one backend language (we use Python or Rust).\n\nExperience operating large-scale clusters and container orchestration systems (e.g. Kubernetes or Slurm).\n\nComfort operating across the stack and owning projects end-to-end.\n\nThrive in a highly collaborative environment involving many, different cross-functional partners and subject matter experts.\n\nA bias for action with a mindset to take initiative to work across different stacks and different teams where you spot the opportunity to make sure something ships.\n\nPreferred qualifications - we encourage you to apply if you meet some but not all of these:\nStrong systems background: Linux, networking, and infrastructure-as-code.\n\nFamiliarity with CUDA/NCCL and performance profiling for distributed training/inference.\n\nPrior work supporting large-scale model training or inference environments.\n\nUnderstanding of deep learning frameworks (e.g., PyTorch, TensorFlow, JAX) and their underlying system architectures.\n\nTrack record of working in fast-paced environments balancing care with urgency.\n\nLogistics\nLocation: This role is based in San Francisco, California.\n\nCompensation: Depending on background, skills and experience, the expected annual salary range for this position is $350,000 - $475,000 USD.\n\nVisa sponsorship: We sponsor visas. 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