CareerPlan

Member of Technical Staff - ML Platform Engineer

San FranciscoFull-time2026-10-27 → 2026-11-10
On-siteVisa sponsorship offered

Core

Build and maintain the ML platform that packages, runs, and delivers RL environments to partner labs' training stacks.

Role type

Senior IC ML Platform Engineer

Builds

Karotte (open-source RL environment framework), internal build/run/grade infrastructure, and delivery integrations for partner labs

Domain

AI Safety / Reinforcement Learning / Cloud Infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Python, container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes), cloud platforms (GCP, AWS), untrusted code execution safety, coding agents (Claude Code, Cursor), end-to-end pipeline automation

Preferred skills

RL environment building, RL post-training/inference stacks (verl, Ray, SkyPilot, vLLM, SGLang), sandbox/code-execution infrastructure (Firecracker, gVisor), early-stage platform engineering, open-source framework maintenance

Technologies

Karotte, Docker, Kubernetes, GCP, AWS, Python, Claude Code, Cursor, Firecracker, gVisor, verl, Ray, SkyPilot, vLLM, SGLang

Responsibilities

Automate environment delivery pipelines to partner labs; maintain the Karotte framework API and releases; scale infrastructure for CPU/GPU/TPU environment execution; build developer tooling (CLI, docs, monitoring); partner with researchers to automate pain points

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC