Software Engineering Director - Inference Platform
SambaNova Systems · San Jose, California, United States
Posted about 3 months ago
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Is this posting real?
- This role has been open
- 80 days SambaNova Systems's roles stay open a median of 69 days
- Reposted
- No
- Salary listed
- No 0% of SambaNova Systems's roles list one
- Ghost-job risk at SambaNova Systems
- high 57 stale, 2 reposted of 57 open
- Hiring momentum
- 68 roles opened in the last 90 days ↑ up vs. the prior 90 days
- Last confirmed on the employer's board
- 2026-10-23
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About this role
The Software Engineering Director for the Inference Platform at SambaNova will lead a software engineering team while also contributing technically. Responsibilities include team leadership, hiring, career development, and ensuring engineering excellence, alongside hands-on design and coding for the inference serving platform. The role requires collaboration with cross-functional teams to align priorities and drive technical initiatives.
- benefits
- 5/5
- freshness
- 1/5
- career value
- 5/5
- role clarity
- 5/5
- pay transparency
- 0/5
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What you need
- 12+ years of software engineering experience
- 2+ years leading and managing engineering teams
- Strong technical depth in backend systems built with Python, Go, or Rust
- Experience with AI inference serving, orchestration, and infrastructure challenges of LLM workloads at production scale
- Proven ability to drive engineering excellence across an engineering team
- Excellent communication skills
Nice to have
- 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
What you get
- Competitive total rewards package including base salary and equity
- 95% premium coverage for employee medical insurance
- 77% premium coverage for dependents
- Health Savings Account (HSA) with employer contribution
- Dental and Vision insurance
- Short/Long term Disability insurance
Worth weighing
- No specific mention of remote work options
- High salary range may indicate high expectations or pressure
- Hands-on technical contribution expected alongside leadership responsibilities
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