Staff Cloud Native Software Engineer
Nscale is a London-based, full-stack AI cloud and infrastructure company that provides GPU compute, managed AI services, orchestration software, data centers, and power infrastructure for AI training, fine-tuning, and inference.
Funding history
About Nscale
Nscale builds and operates vertically integrated AI infrastructure spanning software, GPU compute, networking, storage, purpose-built data centers, and power. Its active cloud platform offers self-service inference endpoints, fine-tuning, managed Kubernetes and Slurm, virtual machines, and GPU clusters.
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Candidate Availability
Required and preferred rules are kept separate and reflect the wording in the original posting.
About the Role
You will own and evolve the technical direction of a cloud-native platform domain, designing Kubernetes-native control plane systems across multiple teams. You will set shared patterns and standards, lead critical initiatives spanning 2–4 teams, contribute hands-on where needed, and mentor senior and mid-level engineers.
Requirements
- Experience designing Kubernetes-native systems including controllers, operators, CRDs, and reconciliation logic
- Strong track record writing maintainable, testable Go
- Ability to define technical direction across multiple teams
- Deep understanding of Kubernetes control plane patterns and distributed systems failure modes
- Strong written and verbal communication
- Solid grounding in Linux, networking, and infrastructure fundamentals
- Experience mentoring engineers
Responsibilities
- Own and evolve technical direction for a cloud-native platform domain
- Design and review Kubernetes-native systems spanning multiple components or teams
- Make architectural decisions balancing delivery, operations, and maintainability
- Drive cross-team design for APIs, controllers, and workflows
- Establish shared standards for controllers, CRDs, rollout safety, and observability
- Lead technically critical initiatives spanning 2–4 teams
- Contribute hands-on to validate patterns and de-risk delivery
- Mentor engineers and raise quality through code and design reviews
Benefits
- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Flexible paid time off
- Parental leave
- Retirement plan participation
- Bonus, equity, and/or commission eligibility
