The opportunity
Anyscale is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to lead the technical vision for our Infrastructure team. As a Staff Engineer, you will be responsible for the architectural evolution of our control plane and data plane, ensuring that our "infinite laptop" vision scales to meet the…
What you'll do
Architectural Leadership: Define and drive the multi-year technical roadmap for services that orchestrate Ray clusters across diverse cloud and on-premises environments.
Systemic Optimization: Lead the design and optimization of high-performance control plane components specifically tailored for large-scale, heterogeneous AI/ML workloads.
Platform Reliability: Establish the organization-wide standards for the reliability, scalability, and observability of Anyscale-managed infrastructure.
Strategic Integration: Direct the long-term strategy for accelerator integration (GPUs, TPUs) and container management to ensure seamless execution of distributed workloads.
Technical Governance: Lead complex design and architecture discussions, resolving deep technical debt and ensuring engineering excellence across the organization.
Cross-Functional Influence: Partner with ML experts and customer-facing teams to translate market needs into robust infrastructure foundations.
What they're looking for
- Experience: 5+ years of experience writing high-quality production code and: leading complex distributed systems projects.
- Architectural Depth: Proven track record of designing and maintaining highly available, scalable, and secure cloud-native platforms (AWS, Azure, or GCP).
- Kubernetes Mastery: Deep expertise in Kubernetes-based deployments and container orchestration at massive scale.
- System Foundations: Advanced knowledge of Linux kernel, networking, and low-level operating system foundations.
- Technical Proficiency: Mastery of Go and Python, with the ability to set coding standards and best practices for the team.
- Leadership Skills: Demonstrated ability to mentor senior engineers, influence technical direction without direct authority, and navigate complex trade-offs in a fast-paced environment.
