Senior Staff Software Engineer, SandboxAQ

• 10+ years of professional software development experience, with a proven track record of designing and scaling complex distributed systems
• Demonstrated experience (5+ years) leading high-impact engineering teams, including mentoring junior engineers and influencing technical strategy at a staff level
• Expertise in cloud-native infrastructure (GCP preferred) Kubernetes at scale
• Expertise in GPU/ML infrastructure for large training, data-generation, and inference workloads, including GPU scheduling, optimization and high-performance networking
• Strong ability to decompose complex technical problems into simplified, incremental, and actionable architectural designs

Desirable

• The Platform & Infrastructure team builds the foundational services, including compute, storage, networking, and robust cloud environments that empower our scientists and engineers to innovate at scale
• We are committed to building reliable, scalable systems that accelerate developer velocity and ensure the high availability of our Large Quantitative Models (LQMs)
• We are looking for a Senior Staff Engineer to act as a technical leader within our Platform & Infrastructure organization
• This role is central to our efforts to evolve our architectural strategy, scale our core services to meet global demand, and elevate the technical capabilities of our engineering team
• You will be instrumental in breaking down complex systemic challenges into clear, actionable parts, mentoring a team of junior engineers, and setting the standard for systems excellence across the company
• Lead Architectural Strategy: Define and execute the long-term vision for our infrastructure, designing resilient, distributed systems that support our rapidly growing AI workloads
• Mentor and Develop Talent: Provide technical leadership and mentorship to junior and mid-level engineers, fostering a culture of high standards, code quality, and continuous learning
• Systemic Problem Solving: Partner with engineering leads to diagnose complex technical bottlenecks and break down multifaceted infrastructure challenges using first principles into scalable, manageable technical requirements
• Drive Platform Excellence: Design and implement foundational platform services that improve developer experience and reduce operational overhead across the engineering organization
• Collaborate Cross-Functionally: Work closely with product, research, and security teams to ensure our infrastructure is secure, performant, and aligned with the company’s broader mission