Senior Technical Alliance Engineer, WEKA
AI Platform
$185-215k
Office located in Campbell, CA
AI-native data platform
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AI-native data platform
501-1000 employees
Be an early applicant
$185-215k
Office located in Campbell, CA
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To power the possibilities of the future by eradicating the compromises of the past.
Role
Who you are
- Strong understanding of parallel file systems (e.g., Lustre, IBM Spectrum Scale, WekaFS, BeeGFS, etc.)
- Expertise in storage benchmarking tools (e.g., FIO, IOzone, mdtest, IOR, Elbencho, SPECStorage, etc.)
- Hands-on experience with infrastructure setup and configuration. Strong knowledge of NVMe storage and its role in high-performance computing and AI/ML workloads
- Solid grasp of AI/ML workflows and how they interact with storage architectures
- Experience working with NVIDIA GPU architectures, GPUDirect Storage (GDS), and Spectrum-X networking
- Deep knowledge of file system internals, storage networking, and data management technologies
- Experience working in a storage lab environment, setting up test environments, and troubleshooting performance issues
- Strong ability to create technical content and presentations for both technical and business audiences
- Excellent communication skills and the ability to convey complex technical concepts in an easy-to-understand manner
- Strong knowledge of virtualization and containerization technologies. Hands-on experience with Kubernetes is a big plus
- If you are passionate about high-performance storage, benchmarking, and technical storytelling, we want to hear from you!
Desirable
- Experience with containerized and cloud storage architectures
- Familiarity with RDMA, InfiniBand, RoCE, and high-speed networking
- Prior experience working as a TME, Solutions Architect, or Storage Performance Engineer in a storage-focused company
What the job involves
- We are seeking a Technical Alliance Engineer with deep expertise in parallel file systems, storage technologies, AI technologies, and performance benchmarking to join our team
- As a PM, you will bridge the gap between engineering, product management, and marketing by demonstrating the value of our technology integrations through technical content, benchmarking, and certification testing
- You will be responsible for crafting compelling narratives, developing performance analysis, and engaging with customers to highlight the advantages of our storage solutions
- Work with alliance partners to explore product integration opportunities to jointly solve customer problems
- Work on partner certification and validation
- Develop and execute benchmarking methodologies to measure and showcase the performance of our parallel file system solutions. Focus more on use case-based benchmarks to highlight product differentiation
- Work hands-on with NVMe storage, AI/ML workloads, and high-performance file systems to optimize performance and validate use cases
- Leverage experience with NVIDIA technologies including GPUDirect Storage (GDS), GPU architectures, Spectrum-X networking, and accelerator architectures to enhance storage performance and AI/ML workloads
- Create technical content such as whitepapers, blogs, presentations, and solution briefs to communicate the value of our technology
- Collaborate with engineering teams to provide feedback on product features and performance tuning
- Engage with customers and partners to deliver technical presentations, webinars, and hands-on workshops
- Evaluate partner product features and replicate customer scenarios
- Support field teams by providing deep technical insights and assisting in pre-sales engagements
- Analyze market trends in storage, NVMe, AI/ML workloads, and GPU-accelerated computing to refine messaging and competitive positioning
Our take
For data-driven organizations, WEKA supplies a platform for storing, processing and managing data across the cloud and on-prem. As an AI-native platform, it supports the transformation of data silos into pipelines capable of fuelling next-gen workloads like AI and HPC.
With traditional infrastructure often hindering data-led processes rather than helping them, WEKA is somewhat of a breath of fresh air for its customers. The company's comprehensive approach, alongside support for both Windows and Linux, enables it to serve many types of organization including those that are just taking off.
WEKA does have a few notable competitors, such as VAST Data, but has stood out thus far by delivering the fastest file system on the market. It has also raised considerable funding, which supports expanded product offerings, and has made notable partnerships such as with NVIDIA.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
22% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
May 2024
$140m
SERIES E
Nov 2022
$135m
SERIES D
Total funding: $465.1m
Company benefits
- Care package received upon hire: backpack, multiple shirts etc.
- 401(k)
- Stock options available
- Cellular phone plan coverage
- On and off-location meal perks
- Dental, vision, life & disability insurance
- Work-related travel reimbursement
- Flexible spending account
- Parental leave
- Professional development assistance
- A tech stack with Laptop or PC of choice, up to 2 monitors, office phone, headset
- Work from home opportunities
- Health insurance
- Career development
- At least one offsite event per quarter with spontaneous office gatherings regularly
Company HQ
Pruneyard / Dry Creek, Campbell, CA
Leadership
Liran Zvibel
(Co-Founder & CEO)Studied Mathematics and Computer Science at Tel Aviv University. Previously Software Engineer at InSightec for 1 year and Co-Founder & VP R&D at Fusic for 3 years.
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