Staff Software Engineer

Harrison Clarke; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

Harrison Clarke is seeking a Staff Engineer (IC) in New York to take deep technical ownership of core secure systems for a fast-scaling infrastructure company in the confidential computing space. This hands-on engineering role demands proven expertise in building and deploying production systems, specifically in secure computing environments.

The successful candidate will be responsible for designing, building, and evolving secure infrastructure systems across multi-cloud environments, and will drive the architectural direction in a high-growth setting.

Qualifications

• Deep, non-negotiable expertise in confidential computing.
• Proven experience building and deploying production systems.
• Strong background in secure computing environments.
• Systems-level engineering experience in infrastructure, OS, or kernel.

Responsibilities

• Take end-to-end technical ownership of confidential computing systems.
• Write and ship production-level systems code.
• Build and scale secure, multi-tenant infrastructure.
• Contribute to the core platform powering confidential AI workloads.
• Help design next-generation secure compute architecture.
• Collaborate on security, performance, and scalability decisions.
• Drive operational robustness of confidential systems.

Skills

Expertise in confidential computing

Experience building production systems

Secure computing environments background

Systems-level engineering

Rust

Go

Job description

Harrison Clarke is partnering with a fast‑scaling infrastructure company in the confidential computing space to identify a Staff Engineer (IC) who can take deep technical ownership of core secure systems. This is a critical hire for the business, building production‑grade confidential computing infrastructure for secure AI and data workloads.

This is a hands‑on engineering role for someone who has already built and shipped confidential computing systems in production and is looking to own and scale that capability inside a high‑growth environment.

Role Overview

You will be the technical owner for a core part of the confidential computing platform, responsible for designing, building, and evolving secure infrastructure systems that operate across multi‑cloud environments.

This is not a management role. It is a senior individual contributor position for a deep systems engineer who stays close to the code while driving architectural direction through execution.

You’ll work across systems, infrastructure, and security boundaries to build next‑generation confidential computing capabilities that underpin secure AI workloads.

Key Responsibilities

• Take end‑to‑end technical ownership of confidential computing systems
• Write and ship production‑level systems code (hands‑on IC role)
• Build and scale secure, multi‑tenant infrastructure in cloud‑native environments
• Contribute directly to the core platform powering confidential AI workloads
• Help design and implement next‑generation secure compute architecture (Alpha → GA roadmap)
• Collaborate closely with engineering peers to make practical decisions on security, performance, and scalability
• Drive real‑world deployment readiness and operational robustness of confidential systems

Required Experience

Must‑Have

• Deep, non‑negotiable expertise in confidential computing
• Proven experience building and deploying production systems
• Strong background in secure computing environments
• Systems‑level engineering experience (infrastructure, OS, kernel, or low‑level systems)

Core Technical Stack

• Primary: Rust, Go
• Strong foundation in distributed systems and systems programming

Candidate Profile

• Strong individual contributor mindset
• Not a research‑heavy or purely architectural profile