Staff Software Engineer- AI Workload Orchestration
Core
Design and evolve the architecture for Kubernetes-native orchestration of AI workloads across large GPU clusters.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (IC5)
Builds
AI Workload Orchestration Platform (complement to SUNK)
Domain
Cloud infrastructure, AI/ML platforms, distributed systems
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Go, Kubernetes internals, distributed systems, cloud platforms, cross-team influence, operational mindset
Preferred skills
Kueue, Volcano, Ray, AI infrastructure, ML platforms, HPC, scheduling concepts (fairness, pre-emption, quota management), SLOs, capacity models, open-source contributions
Technologies
Kubernetes, Kueue, Volcano, Ray, SUNK
Responsibilities
Own technical vision and architecture for major portions of the platform; Design scalable orchestration primitives; Lead cross-team architecture reviews; Define platform standards for reliability and observability; Resolve systemic performance and scalability issues; Mentor senior engineers; Represent the platform in technical reviews
Seniority
Staff, technical leadership & cross-team influence