Member of Technical Staff — Cluster Infrastructure & Supercomputing

RadixArk; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 360,000 - 440,000; Full time

Job summary

RadixArk is seeking a Member of Technical Staff focused on cluster infrastructure to architect and scale the core compute platform powering frontier-level AI training and inference. You will design and operate high-performance GPU/TPU clusters, build scheduling and resource management systems, and push the limits of distributed infrastructure for AI workloads.

The role emphasizes deep systems engineering across cluster architecture, networking, and performance optimization, with direct impact on

Qualifications

• 5+ years of experience in distributed systems or large-scale compute platforms.
• Strong background in distributed systems design and architecture.
• Hands-on with cluster management systems (Kubernetes, Slurm, Ray, or custom schedulers).
• Production experience with GPU/TPU infrastructure.
• Solid Linux systems and networking fundamentals.
• Proficiency in Go, Rust, C++, or Python for production systems.
• Experience debugging complex multi-layer issues across hardware, OS, networking, and services.
• Proven ability to design reliable, scalable systems in production.

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale large AI compute clusters for training and inference.
• Design cluster management, scheduling, and resource allocation systems.
• Optimize performance, utilization, and reliability of GPU/TPU clusters.
• Improve fault tolerance and system resilience at scale.
• Drive observability, monitoring, and profiling for cluster infrastructure.
• Collaborate with ML and systems engineers to support frontier AI workloads.
• Lead capacity planning and infrastructure scaling strategies.
• Build internal platforms and tooling to improve developer productivity.
• Document architecture, operational practices, and reliability strategies.
• Contribute to long-term platform vision and technical direction.

Skills

Distributed systems design

Cluster management

Linux networking fundamentals

Production-grade programming

Go / Rust / C++ / Python

Performance optimization

Observability & monitoring

Debugging multi-layer issues

Tools

Kubernetes

Slurm

Ray

Custom schedulers

Job description

About the Role

RadixArk is looking for aMember of Technical Staff Cluster Infrastructureto architect and scale the core compute platform that powers frontier-level AI training and inference.

You will design and operate highly reliable, high-performance GPU/TPU clusters, build next-generation scheduling and resource management systems, and push the limits of large-scale distributed infrastructure for AI workloads.

This role focuses on deep systems engineering across cluster architecture, networking, scheduling, and performance optimization. Your work will directly impact how efficiently frontier AI models are trained and served.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience in distributed systems, infrastructure, or large-scale compute platforms

• Strong background in distributed systems design and systems architecture

• Deep experience with cluster management systems (Kubernetes, Slurm, Ray, or custom schedulers)

• Hands-on experience with GPU/TPU infrastructure in production environments

• Strong Linux systems and networking fundamentals

• Proficiency in Go, Rust, C++, or Python for production systems

• Experience debugging complex multi-layer issues across hardware, OS, networking, and distributed services

• Proven ability to design reliable, scalable systems in production

Strong Plus:

• Experience with large-scale ML/AI workloads

• Familiarity with RDMA, InfiniBand, or high-performance networking

• Experience operating clusters at 1000+ GPU scale

• Background in HPC or performance-critical systems

• Open-source contributions in systems or infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Architect and scale large AI compute clusters for training and inference

• Design cluster management, scheduling, and resource allocation systems

• Optimize performance, utilization, and reliability of GPU/TPU clusters

• Improve fault tolerance and system resilience at scale

• Drive observability, monitoring, and performance profiling for cluster infrastructure

• Collaborate with ML and systems engineers to support frontier AI workloads

• Lead capacity planning and infrastructure scaling strategies

• Build internal platforms and tooling to improve developer productivity

• Document architecture, operational practices, and reliability strategies

• Contribute to long-term platform vision and technical direction

About RadixArk

RadixArk is an infrastructure-first company built by engineers who've shipped production AI systems, created SGLang (30K+ GitHub stars, the fastest open LLM serving engine), and developed Miles (our large-scale RL framework). Founded by AI infrastructure veterans from xAI and NVIDIA, we're on a mission to democratize frontier-level AI infrastructure by building world-class open systems for inference and training. Our team has optimized kernels serving billions of tokens daily, designed distributed training systems coordinating 10,000+ GPUs, and contributed to infrastructure that powers leading AI companies and research labs.

Compensation

Depending on background, skills, and experience, the expected annual salary range for this position is $200,000 - $400,000 USD + equity.

Equal Opportunity

RadixArk is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is proud to offer equal employment opportunity to everyone regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity, veteran status, and more.