Software Engineer - Cloud

SF Compute

$130K — $180K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of experience in systems programming (C, C++, Rust)
  • Strong problem-solving skills with the ability to thrive in ambiguous conditions
  • Experience designing data models in SQL and implementing APIs (gRPC, REST)
  • Understanding of control patterns like control loops, reconciliation, and state management
  • Ability to translate product ideas into actionable design proposals

Responsibilities

  • Develop user-facing APIs that link control plane functions with the compute market
  • Design scheduling algorithms to optimize hardware allocations based on marketplace contracts
  • Enhance the interface between orchestration services and hypervisors for virtual machine provisioning
  • Integrate the compute market with orchestration software managing high-performance computing (HPC) resources
  • Iterate on product designs based on feedback and testing

Benefits

  • Generous equity grant
  • Visa sponsorships available
  • 401(k) retirement matching up to 4%
  • 100% premium coverage for medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Unlimited paid time off plus 10+ observed holidays
  • Paid parental leave for biological, adoptive, and foster parents
  • Daily lunch covered for employees
  • Unlimited budget for office books
Full Job Description
About the Role

We're looking for a high agency engineer to help build the compute delivery platform that powers our "offtake machine". In this role, you will develop novel systems that integrate our compute market with the orchestration software managing virtual machines running on cutting-edge HPC hardware.

This role may be a good fit for you if...
  • You're an engineer who cuts through ambiguity to ship fast.
  • You're experienced in a systems programing language (C, C++, Rust)
  • You understand command and control patterns (control loops, reconciliation, state management.)
  • You've designed data models in SQL and implemented the corresponding APIs (gRPC, REST) that expose them.
  • You're comfortable translating product ideas into design proposals and iterating on feedback.

Bonus points if...
  • You have experience with Rust
  • You've previously worked at or founded a startup
  • You have experience working on large-scale distributed scheduling problems

Things you might work on ..
  • Develop user facing APIs that integrate control plane primitives with our compute market.
  • Designing scheduling algorithms that translate marketplace contracts into hardware allocations.
  • Extending the interface between the orchestration service and hypervisor to support new virtual machine provisioning capabilities and lifecycle operations.
Benefits

Generous equity grant

Team members are offered a competitive salary along with equity in the company

Visa Sponsorships

Yes, we sponsor visas and work permits

Retirement matching

We match 401(k) plans up to 4%

Medical, dental & vision

We offer competitive medical, dental, vision insurance for employees and dependents and cover 100% of premiums

Time off

We offer unlimited paid time off as well as 10+ observed holidays

Parental leave

We offer biological, adoptive, and foster parents paid time off to spend quality time with family

Daily lunch

We cover lunch daily for employees

Unlimited office book budget

You can buy as many books for the office as you want

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