Senior Staff Infrastructure Engineer - Virtualization
TensorWave · Remote · Remote ·
COMPENSATION
€•• – ••k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Senior Staff Level
- Fully Remote (US)
- KVM/QEMU Focus
- AI Infrastructure
- Stock Options
Join TensorWave to build the backbone of next-generation AI workloads. You will drive the transition from traditional virtualization to a flexible, CSP-aligned architecture using modern Linux primitives. The team solves complex systems problems to ensure seamless, secure, and resilient compute at scale.
What you'll do
- Design scalable virtualization for high-density GPU workloads
- Lead migration to KVM/QEMU-based architectures
- Define standards for VM lifecycle and resource isolation
- Optimize performance via NUMA alignment and CPU pinning
- Integrate high-throughput networking and storage systems
- Automate hypervisor deployment and cluster scaling
- Troubleshoot deep system-level performance issues
What you'll need
- 7+ years in infrastructure or platform engineering
- Deep experience with KVM/QEMU and libvirt
- Strong knowledge of CPU scheduling and NUMA
- Expertise in memory management and tuning
- Experience operating virtualization at scale
- Solid Linux networking fundamentals
- Proficiency with Ansible, Terraform, or similar
Nice to have
- Experience in cloud or CSP environments
- Familiarity with GPU passthrough and VFIO
- Knowledge of SR-IOV and advanced NIC features
- Integration experience with Kubernetes
- Exposure to distributed storage like Ceph
- Background in low-latency environments
Stack
- Linux
- KVM
- QEMU
- libvirt
- Ansible
- Terraform
- Proxmox
- Kubernetes
- Ceph
- Weka
How you'll work
- Fully remote position
- Must be authorized to work in United States
What you get
- Stock options
- 100% paid medical, dental, and vision insurance
- Company HSA contributions
- Paid short and long term disability
- Life and supplemental insurance options
- 401(k) plan
- Flexible PTO and paid holidays
- Parental leave