New York, New York, United States; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States Hybrid Full-time USD 180,000 – 250,000 / year

Lightning AI is hiring a Senior Backend Engineer, Managed Kubernetes & Slurm

Responsibilities

  • Create and maintain backend services in Go or Python that support a managed infrastructure platform.
  • Build and manage control plane components for deploying and overseeing Kubernetes and Slurm clusters on GPU-heavy environments.
  • Develop distributed systems to automate cluster provisioning, workload scheduling, and infrastructure lifecycle tasks.
  • Implement platform features using Kubernetes APIs, controllers, operators, and cloud-native tools.
  • Enhance platform reliability, scalability, security, and monitoring through automation and operational improvements.
  • Troubleshoot and resolve production issues involving Kubernetes, distributed systems, networking, and cloud infrastructure.
  • Work closely with infrastructure, AI, and platform teams to influence cloud platform development.
  • Participate in technical design, system architecture, mentoring, best practices, and on-call support.

Work Arrangement

Hybrid — San Francisco, NYC, Seattle

Other

  • This role requires presence in a U.S. office hub (San Francisco, NYC, or Seattle, with preference for SF or NYC), including at least two in-office days weekly and periodic offsites.
  • Visa sponsorship is not offered for this position.

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Lightning AI

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Job Details
Department Managed Services
Category Backend
Posted an hour ago