Director, Software Engineering
Core
Lead a high-performing engineering team building a cloud-agnostic, enterprise-grade inference serving platform for generative AI and large language models, powered by SambaNova's RDU hardware architecture.
Role type
Senior Engineering Manager (AI Infrastructure)
Builds
SambaStack inference serving platform for enterprise and government organizations
Domain
AI Infrastructure / High-Performance Computing
Deliverable
production ML models
Required skills
Backend systems (Python, Go, Rust), Kubernetes, distributed systems, team leadership, hiring, technical architecture, performance optimization, reliability engineering
Preferred skills
AI inference serving, LLM orchestration, Kubernetes Operators/Helm, ML application productionization, cloud-native platforms, AI coding assistants
Technologies
Python, Go, Rust, Kubernetes, Helm Charts, Operators
Responsibilities
Lead and grow a software engineering team; define roles and hire engineers; drive career development and performance management; design and implement critical platform features; establish engineering standards and best practices; identify and resolve systemic risks (performance, reliability, scaling); mentor engineers on architectural thinking.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities
