CareerPlan

Senior Manager, Software Engineering - Rack Scale Systems Infrastructure

US, CA, Santa ClaraFull-time$248k2026-10-16 → 2026-11-09

Core

Lead engineers building rack-scale infrastructure software to make complex hardware manageable and programmable, owning control planes, lifecycle orchestration, system health, and recovery capabilities.

Role type

Senior Manager, Software Engineering (Rack Scale Systems Infrastructure)

Builds

Control planes, lifecycle orchestration, system health, and recovery capabilities for rack and fleet scale deployments.

Domain

Data center infrastructure, server firmware, and distributed systems

Required skills

Systems software, platform software, server firmware, data center infrastructure, Linux, distributed systems, APIs, state machines, failure handling, Go, C++, Rust, team leadership, hiring, mentoring, open-source delivery

Preferred skills

Rack-scale systems lifecycle, Kubernetes controllers, operators, declarative control planes, simulation, fault injection, baseboard management controller software, OpenBMC, embedded Linux, Python, Redfish, NVLink, Ethernet, InfiniBand, Rust, AI tools for development

Technologies

Linux, Go, C++, Rust, Kubernetes, OpenBMC, Python, NVLink, Ethernet, InfiniBand, Redfish

Responsibilities

Take ownership for delivery of rack-scale infrastructure software, translate business needs into release priorities, partner with architects on control planes and recovery, build and develop the team through hiring and mentoring, establish planning and release practices, coordinate with firmware and operations teams, manage open-source delivery and support

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities