Virtualization & Orchestration Engineer

Designworks Talent

$120K — $150K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years of hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration in production environments.
  • Experience in designing and operating large-scale infrastructure platforms.
  • Familiarity with virtualization technologies related to cloud, HPC, GPU, or distributed systems.
  • Understanding of GPU cluster provisioning, workload scheduling, and resource management.
  • Proficient in Linux-based infrastructure and distributed systems concepts.
  • Ability to independently manage complex systems from design to production operation.
  • Comfortable in a fast-paced environment where systems are being established.

Responsibilities

  • Design and build virtualization infrastructure for GPU-intensive AI and HPC workloads.
  • Develop Kubernetes-based orchestration systems for GPU cluster management.
  • Create automated provisioning systems for efficient GPU capacity allocation.
  • Design solutions for optimizing workload placement and resource management.
  • Collaborate with hardware and AI platform teams to ensure system alignment.
  • Enhance the reliability, security, and scalability of the orchestration platform.
  • Build automation tools to simplify infrastructure management and improve user experiences.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions and engineering standards for platform evolution.

Benefits

  • Competitive base pay for the Bellevue market.
  • Eligibility for merit increases, annual bonuses, and stock awards based on performance.
  • Access to medical, dental, and vision insurance for U.S. based employees.
  • 401(k) plan with company match.
  • Paid holidays each calendar year.
Full Job Description
Virtualization & Orchestration Engineer

Location: Hybrid | Bellevue, WA Area
Titles: Intermediate, Senior and Staff (multiple roles available)

The Opportunity

This is a foundational engineering role within the company's largest infrastructure engineering organization. You'll help design and build the systems that make GPU capacity available, scalable, secure, and reliable across a multi-tenant AI cloud platform.

You'll work at the intersection of virtualization, Kubernetes, distributed systems, GPU infrastructure, and high-performance computing-solving complex challenges around workload scheduling, resource allocation, cluster management, and infrastructure automation.

This opportunity is ideal for engineers who enjoy building large-scale platforms from the ground up and owning critical infrastructure systems end-to-end.

What You'll Do
  • Design and build virtualization infrastructure supporting GPU-intensive AI and HPC workloads.
  • Develop and operate Kubernetes-based orchestration systems for GPU cluster provisioning and workload scheduling.
  • Build automated provisioning systems that enable GPU capacity to be allocated, scaled, and reclaimed efficiently across multiple tenants.
  • Design solutions for workload placement, resource management, and cluster lifecycle operations.
  • Partner closely with hardware, networking, infrastructure, and AI platform teams to ensure orchestration systems align with real-world cluster architectures and constraints.
  • Improve the reliability, security, scalability, and operational maturity of the orchestration platform.
  • Build tooling and automation that simplifies infrastructure management and improves developer and customer experiences.
  • Contribute to architectural decisions, engineering standards, and best practices as the platform evolves.


What We're Looking For
  • Strong hands-on experience with Kubernetes and container orchestration in production environments.
  • Experience designing, building, and operating large-scale infrastructure platforms.
  • Background with virtualization technologies supporting cloud, HPC, GPU, or distributed computing environments.
  • Understanding of GPU cluster provisioning, workload scheduling, and resource management.
  • Experience with Linux-based infrastructure and distributed systems concepts.
  • Ability to independently own complex systems from design through production operation.
  • Comfortable working in a fast-moving environment where architecture and processes are being established.


Preferred Qualifications
  • Experience with GPU scheduling technologies such as Slurm, Kubernetes device plugins, NVIDIA GPU Operator, or similar frameworks.
  • Experience supporting AI infrastructure, machine learning platforms, HPC environments, or GPU cloud providers.
  • Background building multi-tenant infrastructure platforms for cloud providers or large-scale compute environments.
  • Experience with infrastructure automation, Infrastructure as Code, and platform engineering practices.
  • Familiarity with high-performance networking and GPU cluster architectures.


Compensation
  • Competitive base pay for Bellevue market
  • Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonus, and stock. These awards are allocated based on individual performance
  • U.S. based employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, employees also receive per calendar year, paid holidays.


Location
  • Hybrid role based in the Bellevue, WA area.
  • Approximately three days per week in the office.
  • Candidates elsewhere in the U.S. who are open to relocation are encouraged to apply.
  • U.S. work authorization is required. Visa sponsorship is not currently available.

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