Senior Cloud Image & ML Compute Architect

Muon Space, Inc.; San Jose (CA); Hybrid; USD 232,000 - 261,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

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Job summary

Muon Space in San Jose, CA is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to architect and build the cloud image processing and ML serving stack for our ground data products. You will design low-latency, scalable cloud infrastructure and define interfaces for data pipelines and production runtimes, working closely with ML and image processing teams.

The role requires 6+ years in distributed systems, expert C++, PyTorch in production, strong Python, and the ability to lead cross-functional technical

Qualifications

• Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Applied Math, or a related technical field.
• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, including technical leadership on distributed computation or data-intensive systems.
• Expert-level C++, with memory management, concurrency, and performance-oriented programming in production systems.
• Strong PyTorch experience and production experience running models in C++ runtimes in the cloud using LibTorch or equivalent.
• Demonstrated experience architecting distributed systems for low-latency image and ML, data analysis, or computer vision.
• Strong Python skills, including interaction with native optimized implementations.
• Strong written and verbal communication and ability to lead cross-functional technical discussions.
• Ability and willingness to obtain and maintain a U.S. security clearance. Active clearance is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Architect, develop, align and deploy the cloud image processing and ML serving stack for Muon's ground data products, including runtime integration, request batching, and serving multiple customer data feeds.
• Design distributed, low-latency image processing systems that scale in the cloud.
• Define the patterns and interfaces by which data pipelines call into performant native/accelerated code.
• Set up a production-grade image processing and ML serving path for the Image Data Product pipeline, and extend the architecture to support upcoming imaging and onboard-compute missions and future onboard accelerator opportunities.
• Deliver high-performance reference algorithm implementations and benchmark them.
• Mentor other engineers on modern C++, image and ML runtimes, and distributed-systems design.
• Own verification and validation, including unit, integration, and performance regression tests.
• Produce clear designs, trade studies, and interface documentation.

Skills

C++ expert

PyTorch

Python

Distributed systems

Communication

Education

BS/MS in CS/CE/EE/Applied Math

Tools

LibTorch

Job description

Muon Space in San Jose, CA is hiring a Senior Software Engineer to architect and build the cloud image processing and ML serving stack for our ground data products. You will design low-latency, scalable cloud infrastructure and define interfaces for data pipelines and production runtimes, working closely with ML and image processing teams.

The role requires 6+ years in distributed systems, expert C++, PyTorch in production, strong Python, and the ability to lead cross-functional technical