Staff Software Engineer, Anyscale
Tech Lead Manager
$237-284.6k
+ Stock Options
3+ days a week in office (Palo Alto, CA)
Scalable compute for AI and Python
Job no longer available
Scalable compute for AI and Python
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$237-284.6k
+ Stock Options
3+ days a week in office (Palo Alto, CA)
201-500 employees
Company mission
To make scalable computing effortless.
Role
Who you are
- We're looking for passionate, motivated people who are excited to build tools that will power the next generation of cloud applications
- If the idea of an infinite laptop appeals to you, let's build the future of software development together
- We are particularly looking for staff and above candidates who can help lay down solid architectural foundations for the future of Ray and Anyscale. We are open to both Individual Contributors and people who are primarily technical but have prior experience managing a small team
- You have 5+ years of building, scaling and maintaining software systems in production environments
- Solid fundamentals in algorithms, data structures, system design
- Experience designing fault-tolerant distributed systems
- Strong architectural skills
Desirable
- Experience working with a cloud technology stack (AWS, GCP, Kubernetes)
- Experience building machine learning training pipelines or inference services in a production setting
- Experience with big data tools (Spark, Flink, Hadoop)
- Experience managing small teams in pursuit of an ambitious technical goal
What the job involves
- We're hiring exceptional Staff Software Engineers for a variety of open roles, including:
- Distributed systems
- Observability
- Production serving
- Site Reliability
- Developer Productivity
- Develop high-quality software to empower software developers and simplify programming through the Anyscale platform
- Work on difficult architectural problems and turn them into reality
- Work with a team of leading experts in the areas of distributed systems and machine learning
- Communicate your work to a broader audience through talks, tutorials, and blog posts
- You like to work closely with end users and iterate on the product with them
- Help us build and shape a world-class company
Our take
Anyscale operates at the heart of the rapidly expanding AI infrastructure market, where organizations increasingly need systems build to handle large-scale, multimodal, and compled Ai workloads. Founded by the original creators of Ray - and 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 come 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 dscale. 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
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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. He also co-founded Aruba Networks where he 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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