Staff Software Engineer, Platform Infrastructure (Foundations)
About the role
Anyscale is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the technical vision for our Infrastructure team. This role involves architecting and optimizing services that orchestrate Ray clusters across various cloud and on-premises environments, ensuring that Anyscale's "infinite laptop" vision scales to handle the most demanding distributed AI workloads.
Responsibilities
Define and drive the multi-year technical roadmap for services that orchestrate Ray clusters across diverse cloud and on-premises environments.
Lead the design and optimization of high-performance control plane components specifically tailored for large-scale, heterogeneous AI/ML workloads.
Establish the organization-wide standards for the reliability, scalability, and observability of Anyscale-managed infrastructure.
Direct the long-term strategy for accelerator integration (GPUs, TPUs) and container management to ensure seamless execution of distributed workloads.
Lead complex design and architecture discussions, resolving deep technical debt and ensuring engineering excellence across the organization.
Partner with ML experts and customer-facing teams to translate market needs into robust infrastructure foundations.
Qualifications
Experience: 5+ years of experience writing high-quality production code and leading complex distributed systems projects.
Architectural Depth: Proven track record of designing and maintaining highly available, scalable, and secure cloud-native platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
Kubernetes Mastery: Deep expertise in Kubernetes-based deployments and container orchestration at massive scale.
System Foundations: Advanced knowledge of Linux kernel, networking, and low-level operating system foundations.
Technical Proficiency: Mastery of Go and Python, with the ability to set coding standards and best practices for the team.
Leadership Skills: Demonstrated ability to mentor senior engineers, influence technical direction without direct authority, and navigate complex trade-offs in a fast-paced environment.
Qualifications
Education: Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field.
Experience: 5+ years of relevant experience.
Technical Skills: Proficiency in Go and Python, experience with Kubernetes, and understanding of Linux kernel, networking, and low-level operating system foundations.
Soft Skills: Strong communication skills, ability to mentor and influence technical direction, and experience working in a fast-paced, collaborative environment.
Benefits
Anyscale Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates are evaluated without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law. Anyscale Inc. is an E-Verify company and you may review the Notice of E-Verify Participation and the Right to Work posters in English and Spanish.