Senior Staff Infrastructure Engineer - Virtualization

TensorWave; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 170,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock Options

Medical Insurance

401(k)

Flexible PTO

Parental Leave

Life Insurance

Job summary

TensorWave is building large-scale, high-performance infrastructure to power AI workloads. We seek a Staff Infrastructure Engineer to lead the virtualization platform, focusing on KVM/QEMU, Linux primitives, and scalable design across data center environments.

Role involves hands-on implementation and ongoing optimization for VM lifecycle, CPU scheduling, NUMA alignment, and GPU passthrough. You’ll partner with networking and storage teams, drive automation, and address complex distributed

Qualifications

• 7+ years of infrastructure, systems or platform engineering experience.
• Deep Linux-based virtualization experience with KVM/QEMU and libvirt tooling.
• Strong understanding of CPU scheduling, NUMA, memory management, and I/O paths.
• Experience designing/operating virtualization platforms at scale (hundreds+ hosts).
• Solid networking basics (bridges, bonding, VLANs) and high-performance networking concepts.
• Experience with infrastructure automation (Ansible, Terraform) and distributed systems troubleshooting.

Responsibilities

• Design scalable virtualization platform supporting high-density compute and GPU workloads.
• Evolve platforms toward KVM/QEMU-based architectures; standardize VM lifecycle management.
• Optimize for performance isolation, resource allocation, and resilience.
• Collaborate with networking/storage teams to integrate high-throughput systems (SR‑IOV, RDMA).
• Build automation for hypervisor deployment, image pipelines, and cluster scaling.
• Troubleshoot deep system-level performance across compute, memory, storage, and network tiers.
• Contribute to long-term platform architecture and infrastructure strategy.

Skills

KVM/QEMU

libvirt

NUMA

CPU scheduling

Memory tuning

Networking basics

Troubleshooting

Linux proficiency

Tools

Ansible

Terraform

MAAS

Kubernetes

Job description

About TensorWave

Our mission is simple: deliver seamless, secure, reliable, and resilient AI compute at scale. We’ve built a versatile cloud platform that eliminates infrastructure barriers, empowering builders to focus on innovation instead of fighting their stack. Because breakthrough AI should move at the speed of ideas, not infrastructure.

About The Role

We are building large-scale, high-performance infrastructure to power next-generation AI workloads. Our platform operates across multiple data centers and supports GPU‑intensive environments with demanding requirements around performance, isolation, and scalability.

We are looking for a Staff Infrastructure Engineer to lead the design and evolution of our virtualization platform. This role will own how we build, scale, and operate hypervisor infrastructure as we transition from traditional virtualization platforms toward a more flexible, CSP‑aligned architecture based on KVM/QEMU and modern Linux primitives.

This is a highly technical, hands‑on role focused on solving complex systems problems at scale.

What You’ll Do

• Design and implement a scalable virtualization platform capable of supporting high‑density compute and GPU workloads
• Lead the evolution from existing platforms (e.g., Proxmox) toward KVM/QEMU‑based architectures
• Define standards for VM lifecycle management (provisioning, scheduling, migration), performance isolation and resource allocation, failure domains and resilience strategies
• Optimize virtualization for high‑performance workloads, including NUMA alignment, CPU pinning and scheduling, PCIe topology awareness, GPU passthrough and device assignment
• Partner closely with networking and storage teams to integrate high‑throughput, networking (e.g., SR‑IOV, RDMA), distributed and local storage systems
• Build and improve automation for hypervisor deployment and configuration, image pipelines, cluster scaling and lifecycle management
• Troubleshoot deep system‑level performance issues across compute, memory, storage, and network layers
• Contribute to long‑term platform architecture and infrastructure strategy

Required Qualifications

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure, systems engineering, or platform engineering
• Deep experience with Linux‑based virtualization, including:
• KVM/QEMU
• libvirt or similar tooling
• Strong understanding of:
• CPU scheduling and NUMA architectures
• Memory management and performance tuning
• Storage I/O paths and performance characteristics
• Experience designing and operating virtualization platforms at scale (hundreds+ hosts)
• Solid networking fundamentals, including:
• Linux networking (bridges, bonding, VLANs)
• High‑performance networking concepts
• Experience with infrastructure automation (e.g., Ansible, Terraform, or similar)
• Strong troubleshooting skills across distributed systems

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience in cloud or CSP environments (public or private)
• Familiarity with:
• GPU workloads and passthrough (VFIO)
• SR‑IOV and advanced NIC features
• Experience integrating virtualization with:
• Kubernetes platforms
• Bare metal provisioning systems (e.g., MAAS)
• Exposure to distributed storage systems (e.g., Ceph, Weka, or similar)
• Experience working in high‑performance or low‑latency environments

What we offer

• Stock Options
• 100% paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance for Employees
• Company Health Savings Account Contributions
• 100% paid Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance for Employees
• Life and Voluntary Supplemental Insurance Options
• Other Insurance Options, such as Pet & Legal Insurance
• Various Supplementary Health Benefits, such as discounted Virtual Healthcare Appointments and Serious Illness Support
• Flexible Spending Account
• 401(k)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Other In‑Office Perks

Equal Employment Opportunity

TensorWave is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We celebrate diversity and are committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We do not discriminate on the basis of any protected status under applicable law.

Reasonable Accommodations

TensorWave provides reasonable accommodations in accordance with applicable laws. If you require accommodation during the hiring process, please contact [e-mail].

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