Systems Engineer: Node & Cluster Orchestration

MatX; Mountain View (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 250,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Life insurance

Health Savings Account

Paid time off

12 holidays

Job summary

MatX is seeking a System Software Engineer to design and build the node-level management plane for its AI systems, exposing health, inventory, telemetry, and control via REST interfaces. You will work across the stack from kernel drivers to on-node daemons and BMC collaboration.

You will design cluster management, develop CLI tools, and ensure cohesive management across host and BMC, enabling scalable, reliable operations in a high-performance environment.

Qualifications

• BS or higher in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or equivalent with 8+ years in systems software.
• Strong Linux systems development experience, including low-level userspace; comfortable reading and debugging kernel driver/daemon code.
• Proficient in C and systems languages (Go, Rust, C++, Python).
• Experience designing and building HTTP/REST APIs and CLI tools for hardware or infrastructure management.
• Solid understanding of device drivers, telemetry paths, PCIe behavior, and BMC subsystems.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the node-level management plane exposing health, inventory, telemetry, and control via HTTP/REST endpoints.
• Design and implement cluster management solutions and failover algorithms.
• Build management CLI utilities for operators and internal engineers.
• Collaborate with BMC firmware engineers for unified management across host and BMC.
• Extend node capabilities to fleet-wide health, inventory, and alerting.

Skills

C/C++

Go

Rust

Python

Linux kernel drivers

HTTP/REST APIs

CLI tooling

Debugging

Education

BS or higher in CS or EE

Tools

OpenBMC

Redfish

PCIe

Job description

MatX is seeking a System Software Engineer to design and build the node-level management plane for its AI systems, exposing health, inventory, telemetry, and control via REST interfaces. You will work across the stack from kernel drivers to on-node daemons and BMC collaboration.

You will design cluster management, develop CLI tools, and ensure cohesive management across host and BMC, enabling scalable, reliable operations in a high-performance environment.