Systems Engineer

About the company

Our client is an early-stage software company.

The role

Raydar is recruiting for this role on behalf of our client. Take ownership of core infrastructure for a software platform, creating and growing isolated compute and storage systems. Collaborate with technical leadership and fellow engineers, carrying work from initial design through release and day-to-day operation.

What you'll do

- Build and grow secure compute orchestration that safely runs code from many separate users.

- Take charge of foundational infrastructure pieces such as compute, isolation layers and distributed storage during a shift toward a hosted offering.

- Partner with engineering leadership, engineers and customers on problems that sit between infrastructure and product.

- Architect storage and container components that scale well, anticipating where they might break in shared environments.

- Drive infrastructure initiatives from early design choices through rollout, delivering in small steps.

- Handle releases, monitoring, operational documentation and on-call duty for the services you deliver.

- Continuously raise the reliability, speed and cost efficiency of those services.

Requirements

What we're looking for

- At least 4 years of infrastructure engineering experience, with 4 to 8 years being the typical range.

- A track record of building core systems, not only operations or DevOps work.

- Hands-on background running shared compute platforms with attention to tenant separation, uptime and spend.

- Detailed knowledge of how container and sandbox technologies work internally, beyond everyday usage.

- Proficiency in a low-level systems language, for example Rust or Go.

- Solid grounding in Linux fundamentals.

- Prior experience at companies focused on containers, sandboxing, storage or infrastructure.

- A product-minded approach that links technical decisions to the user experience.

- US work authorization without needing visa sponsorship or transfer.

Bonus points

- Experience at early-stage startups.

- Experience implementing file systems or databases.

- Public code projects involving containers or infrastructure.

Benefits

Compensation and benefits

- Base salary: USD 200,000 to 300,000 per year

- Equity

Location and work model

- San Francisco, CA, United States

- On-site

- Full-time