# Software Engineer (Ray Core)

**Company:** [Anyscale](https://hotfix.jobs/companies/anyscale)
**Location:** San Francisco, CA, Palo Alto, CA, California
**Role:** Backend Engineering
**Experience:** 5+ years
**Skills:** C++, Distributed Systems, Algorithms, Data Structures, System Design, Gpu Programming, Tensor Parallel, Pipeline Parallel
**Posted:** 2026-05-14

> Develop and optimize Ray Core C++ backend for scalable distributed applications, focusing on performance, reliability, fault tolerance, and testing. Requires 5+ years experience in C/C++, distributed systems, algorithms, and systems programming.

## Job Description

## Responsibilities
- Lead cross-team projects while mentoring junior team members
- Develop high quality open source software to simplify distributed programming (Ray)
- Identify, implement, and evaluate architectural improvements to Ray core
- Improve the testing process for Ray to make releases as smooth as possible
- Communicate your work to a broader audience through talks, tutorials, and blog posts

## Requirements
- At least 5 years of relevant work experience
- Experience in building scalable and fault-tolerant distributed systems
- Extensive experience working in C/C++ and on low level operating systems
- Solid background in algorithms, data structures, system design

## Preferred
- Knowledge of distributed model training and inference (e.g. tensor parallel, pipeline parallel)
- Knowledge of GPU programming

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