HPC/GPU Infrastructure Software Engineer - Member of Technical Staff

Designworks Talent
Bellevue, US
Hybrid

Who this role is best for

Aimed at mid-level to senior infrastructure engineers who have experience with AI workloads and cloud-scale systems.

Best fit for

  • Candidates with hands-on experience in large-scale Linux infrastructure and Kubernetes deployment
    — “Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and distributed systems in production environments.”
  • Engineers with a background in optimizing GPU performance for AI workloads
    — “Optimize GPU, networking, storage, and system performance for large-scale AI workloads.”

Things to consider

  • Requires a hybrid work arrangement with three days per week in the office in Bellevue, WA
    — “Hybrid role based in the Bellevue, WA area. Approximately three days per week in the office.”
  • U.S. work authorization is mandatory, with no mention of visa sponsorship
    — “U.S. work authorization is required.”

How to stand out

  • Emphasize experience in deploying and optimizing Kubernetes for AI workloads
    — “Deploy and optimize Kubernetes, container, and distributed computing platforms.”
  • Showcase your ability to troubleshoot complex systems across hardware and software layers
    — “Troubleshoot complex issues across hardware, operating systems, networking, storage, and software stacks.”
  • Highlight your contributions to building reliability and observability in mission-critical systems
    — “Build reliability, observability, and operational excellence practices for mission-critical infrastructure.”
  • Demonstrate your expertise in GPU cluster management and performance tuning
    — “Experience managing GPU clusters in datacenter or cloud environments.”
  • Include specific examples of infrastructure-as-code and automation frameworks you've used
    — “Experience with infrastructure-as-code and automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar frameworks.”
Pace · SteadyCollaboration · HighAutonomy · MediumDecision Impact · Company

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What success looks like

  • successful deployment of AI infrastructure
  • optimized GPU performance
  • reliable mission-critical infrastructure
Typical background
experience in large-scale Linux-based infrastructurebackground in cloud or datacenter-scale infrastructure

Skills & requirements

Required

Linux-infrastructureKubernetesContainerizationDistributed-systemsAutomationTroubleshooting

Preferred

Bare-metal-provisioningHardware-lifecycle-managementGpu-clusters

Stack & domain

KubernetesContainerizationDistributed SystemsInfrastructure-as-codeAutomation ToolsBare-metal ProvisioningHardware Lifecycle ManagementIPMIRedfishPXE BootAutomated Operating System DeploymentGPU Clusters

About the role

Original posting from Designworks Talent via Ashby

HPC/GPU INFRASTRUCTURE SOFTWARE ENGINEER

  • MEMBER OF TECHNICAL STAFF

Location: Hybrid | Bellevue, WA (downtown)

Multiple roles available

BUILD THE DATA CENTER SOFTWARE INFRASTRUCTURE

ABOUT THE OPPORTUNITY

A well-funded, rapidly growing AI infrastructure company is building a next-generation cloud platform designed to power the full lifecycle of artificial intelligence. The organization is developing a comprehensive AI infrastructure, platform, and services portfolio that supports the full spectrum of AI workloads including large-scale compute, model training, fine-tuning, inference, and emerging agentic AI applications.

Backed by significant long-term investment, the company combines the speed, ownership, and innovation of a startup with the stability and resources of an established parent organization. Engineering teams are intentionally lean, highly collaborative, and AI-native, leveraging modern tooling and automation to build infrastructure capable of supporting the industry's most demanding AI workloads.

We're seeking Data Center Software Engineers to lead the design, development, configuration, and automation of AI infrastructure clusters.

THE OPPORTUNITY

Your responsibility begins once servers and racks are installed in the data center and extends through software deployment, networking, configuration, cluster bring-up, and automation, ensuring the platform is fully operational and ready for customer workloads.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

  • Develop infrastructure-as-code, automation, and provisioning systems for compute, networking, and storage.
  • Deploy and optimize Kubernetes, container, and distributed computing platforms.
  • Optimize GPU, networking, storage, and system performance for large-scale AI workloads.
  • Troubleshoot complex issues across hardware, operating systems, networking, storage, and software stacks.
  • Build reliability, observability, and operational excellence practices for mission-critical infrastructure.

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

  • 5+ years of experience designing, building, or operating large-scale Linux-based infrastructure.
  • Hands-on experience with Kubernetes, containerization, and distributed systems in production environments.
  • Experience with infrastructure-as-code and automation tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar frameworks.
  • Strong experience operating cloud or datacenter-scale infrastructure.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

  • Experience with bare-metal provisioning and hardware lifecycle management platforms (e.g., MAAS, Ironic, xCAT, xCAT, or similar).
  • Experience with IPMI, Redfish, PXE boot, and automated operating system deployment at scale.
  • Experience managing GPU clusters in datacenter or cloud environments.

COMPENSATION

  • Competitive base pay for Bellevue market
  • Certain roles are eligible for additional rewards, including merit increases, annual bonus, and long term incentives. These awards are allocated based on individual performance
  • U.S. based employees have access to medical, dental, and vision insurance, a 401(k) plan and company match, employees also receive per calendar year, paid holidays.

LOCATION

  • Hybrid role based in the Bellevue, WA area.
  • Approximately three days per week in the office.
  • Candidates elsewhere in the U.S. who are open to relocation are encouraged to apply.
  • U.S. work authorization is required.

WHY JOIN?

  • Ground-floor opportunity: you'll be among the earliest engineers on the team, directly shaping architecture, tooling, and culture.
  • Work directly on cutting-edge AI infrastructure at real scale — from data center design through GPU clusters to production inference.

Source: Designworks Talent careers (Ashby)

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