The ideal candidate
Has a deep technical background in systems software — sufficient to earn the trust of senior engineers and make sound architectural and design judgments in a Linux environment involving C, C++, and/or Rust. You will not be writing production code day-to-day, but you must be able to go deep, ask the right questions, and hold a high technical bar.
Brings strong operational instincts for large-scale software delivery — version control, automated build and release, and software quality practices — and knows how to instill them across an organization.
Has in-depth knowledge of ML frameworks and cluster management, and understands the workloads and failure modes of large-scale ML training and inference at cluster scale.
Has a track record of setting multi-year technical strategy, driving org-level execution through other managers, and influencing partners across organizational boundaries.
10+ years of engineering experience
5+ years of engineering team management experience
10+ years of planning, designing, developing and delivering consumer software experience
Experience partnering with product or program management teams
Experience managing multiple concurrent programs, projects and development teams in an Agile environment
Experience partnering with product and program management teams
Experience participating in or leading technical collaborations and creating alignment across diverse groups (e.g., hardware engineering, software engineering, program management)
Experience hiring, developing and promoting engineering talent
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USA, WA, Seattle - 220,100.00 - 297,700.00 USD annually
