# Senior Software Engineer

**Company:** [Applied Intuition](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/applied-intuition)
**Location:** Sunnyvale, CA
**Role:** DevOps / SRE
**Salary:** $153k – $220k/yr
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** Go, Python, Java, C++, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Azure, Oci, Infrastructure As Code
**Posted:** 2026-06-30

> Senior software engineer owning a multi-environment compute platform for simulation orchestration and workload scheduling at scale. Requires 5+ years backend/distributed systems experience and deep Kubernetes expertise.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Develop a multi-environment compute platform for workload scheduling, resource allocation, and node lifecycle.
- Collaborate with customers and internal teams to translate compute needs into platform features.
- Solve distributed systems challenges including GPU scheduling, autoscaling, and resource efficiency.
- Ensure high reliability and scalability for production simulation systems.
- Drive architecture decisions to expand simulation orchestration into a company-wide compute platform.

## Requirements
- 5+ years of backend engineering experience, with a track record of owning production distributed systems.
- 4+ years of coding in Golang, Python, Java, or C++.
- 4+ years building complex backend systems on major cloud providers.
- Deep Kubernetes expertise, including pod scheduling, node lifecycle, and autoscaling under load.
- Experience building or operating workload scheduling systems (e.g., dispatch, bin-packing, quota enforcement).
- Self-starter with experience driving production system development from 0 to 1.

## Nice-to-Haves
- Experience scheduling GPU workloads or managing GPU capacity at scale.
- Multi-cloud (AWS, OCI, GCP, Azure) or on-prem Kubernetes deployments.
- Experience managing multi-cluster environments using Infrastructure as Code.
- Experience building custom Kubernetes controllers or operators.
- Experience with cloud cost optimization strategies for high-scale compute workloads.

## Compensation
- Base salary range: $153000 - $220000 USD annually.
- Total compensation package may also include equity, comprehensive health, dental, vision, life and disability insurance coverage, 401k retirement benefits with employer match, learning and wellness stipends, and paid time off.

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