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Software Engineer - Data Aquisition (systems)

San Francisco💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-27 → 2026-09-26

Core

Build and operate reliable infrastructure systems close to the metal to support frontier AI research workflows, including data processing, crawling, ingestion, and cluster operations.

Role type

Senior IC systems engineer (infrastructure & reliability)

Builds

Scalable research-facing systems, data pipelines, and cluster infrastructure

Domain

AI research infrastructure, distributed systems, cloud-native operations

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

Linux, networking, Kubernetes, distributed systems operations, automation, debugging complex systems, software engineering for infrastructure

Preferred skills

PXE boot, bare-metal infrastructure, fleet management, infrastructure-as-code, CI/CD, observability, search infrastructure

Technologies

Linux, Kubernetes, Git

Responsibilities

Build and operate reliable infrastructure for research workloads; Support and improve systems across data infrastructure, processing, crawl and ingest, caching, search, and observability; Debug issues across networking, compute, storage, orchestration, and service reliability layers; Build software and automation to reduce manual operational work; Partner with researchers and engineers to translate system needs into durable solutions; Evolve existing infrastructure toward scalable and standard patterns.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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