Systems Software Engineer - GPU Cloud & Security

Vast.ai; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive health, dental, vision,‑

401(k) with company match

Meaningful equity

Onsite meals, snacks

Close collaboration with founders/tech

Job summary

Vast.ai is seeking a Systems Software Engineer to advance performance‑critical systems that orchestrate our fleet. You will work on the GPU cloud daemon, improve reliability, and push containerization and virtualization capabilities across on‑premise hosts in our SF or LA offices.

Ideal candidates have deep Linux, virtualization, and GPU security experience, with a track record of multi‑tenant hardening and secure cloud infrastructure design.

Qualifications

• Strong programming skills in at least one language, ideally C++.
• Extensive knowledge of Linux kernel internals, containerization technologies, and virtualization.
• Deep understanding of workload and network isolation techniques in multi-tenant environments.
• Experience in securing and hardening cloud infrastructure, particularly in environments with untrusted workloads.
• Strong background in workload and network isolation, cloud-native security practices.
• Experience with GPU programming and GPU-specific security concerns.

Responsibilities

• Expand and extend our GPU cloud daemon
• Design and deploy market-based resource management systems
• Harden code and infrastructure to meet zero-trust standards
• Benchmark, profile, and eliminate bottlenecks across hypervisor, container, and network layers

Skills

C/C++

Linux kernel internals

Containerization

Virtualization

Cloud security

Multi-tenant security

GPU security

Job description

Vast.ai is seeking a Systems Software Engineer to advance performance‑critical systems that orchestrate our fleet. You will work on the GPU cloud daemon, improve reliability, and push containerization and virtualization capabilities across on‑premise hosts in our SF or LA offices.

Ideal candidates have deep Linux, virtualization, and GPU security experience, with a track record of multi‑tenant hardening and secure cloud infrastructure design.