Senior Engineering Manager, Compute
Core
Lead the compute layer (CPU and accelerated/GPU) that powers AI agents and workloads for customers like OpenAI and Cursor, ensuring reliability, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness at planet scale.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager, Compute Infrastructure
Builds
The durable execution and compute substrate for frontier AI companies and agentic workflows
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / AI Infrastructure / Compute Platforms
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Strategic direction for large-scale compute platforms, technical leadership and team building, roadmap planning in ambiguous environments, operational excellence and incident response, multi-tenant compute architecture, capacity and cost economics
Preferred skills
MicroVMs and virtualization (Firecracker, gVisor), Kubernetes internals, serverless product development, multi-cloud delivery (AWS/GCP), GPU scheduling and isolation
Technologies
Firecracker, gVisor, Edera, AWS Fargate, GCP Cloud Run, AWS Lambda, Kubernetes, GPU (MIG, MPS)
Responsibilities
Own strategy and standards for the compute layer; lead, hire, and coach a high-ownership engineering team; drive roadmap from current compute to next-gen platforms; own operations, on-call, and incident response; guide architectural decisions for multi-tenant compute; manage capacity, supply, and cost-per-unit economics; partner with cross-functional teams and customers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC leader with people management