Staff Software Engineer, Anyscale
Platform Infrastructure, Foundations
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3+ days a week in office
Scalable compute for AI and Python
Job no longer available
Scalable compute for AI and Python
501-1000 employees
Job no longer available
More information about location
3+ days a week in office
501-1000 employees
Company mission
To make scalable computing effortless.
Role
Who you are
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
- 3+ years of experience writing high-quality production code
- Hands-on experience in building and maintaining highly available, scalable, and performant distributed system
- Expertise in cloud-native technologies (AWS, Azure, GCP) and Kubernetes-based deployments
- Deep understanding of networking, security, and authentication mechanisms in cloud environment
- Familiarity with observability stacks (Prometheus, Grafana etc)
- Proficiency in Go and Python
- Knowledge of low-level operating system foundations (Linux kernel, file systems, containers)
- 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
What the job involves
- 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 most demanding distributed AI workloads in the world
- You will act as a force multiplier, setting the standards for Kubernetes-based cloud-native infrastructure while mentoring engineers and driving cross-functional alignment across the Ray open-source community and our proprietary product teams
- 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
Our take
Anyscale operates at the heart of the rapidly expanding AI infrastructure market, where organizations increasingly need systems built to handle large-scale, multimodal, and compiled AI workloads. Founded by the original creators of Ray - an open-source distributed computing framework powering companies like Netflix, Uber, and OpenAI - Anyscale was built to overcome the "AI complexity wall" that legacy compute can't handle. And its providing an AI-native platform that can scale seamlessly from as ingle machine to thousands of GPUs.
The company's impact comes from making distributed AI development faster, easier, and far more efficient. By pairing Ray's flexible compute framework with managed clusters, advanced developer tooling, and performance optimization, Anyscale removes the operational burden of scaling AI. Companies like Canva, Recursion, and RunwayML have seen dramatic gains in utilization, speed and cost. So it's fair to say Anyscale has helped teams deliver AI applications faster and with greater reliability.
The company recently strengthened its position through major partnerships with Azure, CoreWeave, and Google Cloud, bringing AI-native compute directly into enterprise environments. New capabilities like RayTurbo, Kubernetes-native deployment, and first-party managed Ray services make it easier than ever to run high-performance AI at scale. With model sizes and multimodal workloads growing rapidly, Anyscale is in a good position to remain a foundational platform for organizations building the next generation of AI systems.
Kirsty
Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
133% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 4 rounds)
Aug 2022
$99m
SERIES C
Dec 2021
$100m
SERIES C
Total funding: $259.6m
Company benefits
- Health, Vision, and Dental Care: We offer a wide range of health, dental, and vision coverage options for you and your family—including many plans that are 99% covered by Anyscale
- Fertility Benefits & Paid Parental Leave: Anyscalers can access fertility benefits through Kindbody. Team members can take advantage of 12 weeks of paid leave following the arrival of a new little one.
- Flexible Time Off: We believe all team members should be able to rest up and recharge when needed, which is why we’ve embraced a flexible time off policy at Anyscale.
- Learning & Wellness Stipend: We believe in investing in our #1 asset: our people. We offer a monthly learning and wellness stipend so employees can better themselves at work or pursue personal interests.
- In-Office Meals: Lunch is served everyday in our San Francisco and Palo Alto Offices. Dinner, too, if you’re ever working late. And did we mention boba runs?
- Commute Reimbursement: Whether you’re hopping on public transit or driving yourself to work, Anyscale covers a portion of your commuting costs each month.
- Paid Volunteer Time Off: Give back to the causes and communities you love with paid time off specifically for volunteer work.
- Mental Health Benefits: All Anyscalers can take advantage of included mental health benefits through our Headspace offering.
Company HQ
Yerba Buena, San Francisco, CA
Leadership
Phillip Moritz
(Co-Founder & CTO)Phillip graduated from the University of California, Berkeley with a PhD in Computer Science.
Keerti Melkote
(CEO)Prior to joining Anyscale in 2024, Keerti spent 5 years at Hewlett Packard Enterprise at the President of Intelligent Edge. They also co-founded Aruba Networks where they spent nearly 20 years in roles including CTO and CEO.
Jooree Na
(CFO)Prior to joining Anyscale in 2024, Jooree spent over 5 years at Confluent, joining as a Director of Technical Accounting & Reporting before working through different roles and becoming the VP of Finance.
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