<h3><strong>About Us</strong></h3><p><a href="http://vast.ai/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vast.ai</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;">’s cloud powers AI projects and businesses all over the world. We are democratizing and decentralizing AI computing—reshaping our future for the benefit of humanity.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We are a growing and highly motivated team dedicated to an ambitious technical plan. Our structure is flat, our ambitions are out‑sized, and leadership is earned by shipping excellence. </span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">We seek engineers with strong intrinsic drive, a true passion for advancing the state of the art, and a mix of architecture, coding, and communication skills.</span></p><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">LOCATION: On-site at our office in San Francisco or Westwood, Los Angeles.</span></p><h3><strong>About the Role</strong></h3><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">As a Systems Software Engineer, you will work on key performance critical systems such as the daemon which orchestrates every host in our fleet. You will improve the performance, reliability and capability of our infrastructure and containerization technologies including monitoring and telemetry. </span></p><ul><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Full-time</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><span style="font-weight: 400;">On-site at either our SF or LA offices</span></li></ul><h3><strong>Tech Stack</strong></h3><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">C, C++, Python, Linux</span></p><h3><strong>Ideal Experience</strong></h3><ul><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Programming</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Strong programming skills in at least one language, ideally C++</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Linux and Virtualization</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Extensive knowledge of Linux kernel internals, containerization technologies, and virtualization</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Isolation Techniques</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Deep understanding of workload and network isolation techniques in multi-tenant environments</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Cloud Security</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Experience in securing and hardening cloud infrastructure, particularly in environments with untrusted workloads</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Multi-tenant Security</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Strong background in workload and network isolation, network </span><span style="font-weight: 400;">security, and cloud-native security practices </span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>GPU Security</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">: Experience with GPU programming and an understanding of GPU-specific security concerns.</span></li></ul><h3><strong>Key Responsibilities</strong></h3><ul><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Expand </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span><strong> extend</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> our GPU cloud daemon</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Design </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">and</span><strong> deploy </strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">market-based resource management systems</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Harden</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> code and infrastructure to meet zero‑trust standards </span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>Benchmark</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, </span><strong>profile</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;">, and </span><strong>eliminate</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> bottlenecks across hypervisor, container, and network layers</span></li></ul><h3><strong>Interview Process (≈ 1 week)</strong></h3><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">After submitting your application, our technical team reviews your credentials. If selected, you'll proceed through the following stages:</span></p><ul><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>15 min</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> - Initial screening (virtual)</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>45 min</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> - Quick dive into Vast, systems and architectures (virtual)</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>1 hour</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> - LLM-assisted coding assessment (virtual)</span></li><li style="font-weight: 400;"><strong>2 hours</strong><span style="font-weight: 400;"> - Meet and greet with coding assessment (on-site)</span></li></ul><h3><strong>Annual Salary Range</strong></h3><p><span style="font-weight: 400;">$120,000 – $180,000 + equity + benefits</span></p><p><a href="http://vast.ai/"><span style="font-weight: 400;">Vast.ai</span></a><span style="font-weight: 400;"> is hiring across all experience levels with compensation commensurate with background, experience and potential.<br><br></span></p><h3><strong>Benefits</strong></h3><ul><li>Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and life insurance</li><li>401(k) with company match<span class="Apple-converted-space"> </span></li><li>Meaningful early-stage equity</li><li>Onsite meals, snacks, and close collaboration with founders/tech leaders</li><li>Ambitious, fast-paced startup culture where initiative is rewarded</li></ul><p><span style="font-weight: 400;"> </span></p>