Software Engineering Director - Inference Platform

The SambaStack team builds the inference serving platform enterprises and service providers use to host foundation models on RDU hardware. The platform is cloud-agnostic, and the team owns deployment, orchestration, scaling, and reliability for production inference workloads.

The SambaStack team is seeking an Engineering Director to lead a software engineering team while remaining a hands-on technical contributor. You'll own the growth and effectiveness of your team, the technical quality of their output, and the roadmap for the inference serving platform. You'll continue to design systems and write code on the platform's hardest problems.

12+ years of software engineering experience, including 2+ years leading and managing engineering teams

Demonstrated ability to manage, develop, and hire strong engineers while remaining a hands-on technical contributor

Strong technical depth in backend systems built with Python, Go, or Rust

Experience with AI inference serving, orchestration, and the infrastructure challenges of LLM workloads at production scale

Proven ability to drive engineering excellence across an engineering team

Excellent communication skills: able to work effectively with engineers, cross-functional partners, and senior leadership

Experience running iterative engineering processes in a fast-paced environment

Experience with Kubernetes ecosystem tooling, including Operators and Helm Charts

Background in ML application optimization and productionization

Experience building or managing teams that deliver cloud-native platforms for enterprise customers

Familiarity with AI coding assistants and the developer tooling ecosystem

Experience at a high-growth AI infrastructure company

Base Salary Range:

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EEO Policy SambaNova Systems is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard basis of age (40 and over), color, disability, gender identity, genetic information, marital status, military or veteran status, national origin/ancestry, race, religion, creed, sex (including pregnancy, childbirth, breastfeeding), sexual orientation, and any other applicable status protected by federal, state, or local laws.

Benefits Summary for US-Based, Full-Time Employment Positions SambaNova offers a competitive total rewards package, including the base salary, plus equity and benefits. We cover 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance, and 77% premium coverage for dependents and offer a Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution. We also offer Dental, Vision, Short/Long term Disability, Basic Life, Voluntary Life, and AD&D insurance plans in addition to Flexible Spending Account (FSA) options like Health Care, Limited Purpose, and Dependent Care. Our library of well-being benefits available to you and your dependents includes a full subscription to Headspace, Gympass+ membership with access to physical gyms, One Medical membership, counseling services with an Employee Assistance Program, and much more.