Staff Infrastructure Engineer (Storage)

TL;DR

Staff Infrastructure Engineer (Storage): Designing and operating large-scale distributed storage platforms for high-performance AI/ML workloads with an accent on system resilience, scalability, and performance tuning. Focus on integrating Ceph with Kubernetes and solving complex bottlenecks across disk subsystems and RDMA network paths.

Location: Las Vegas, Nevada (Must be authorized to work in the United States)

Company

TensorWave provides seamless and resilient AI compute at scale via a versatile cloud platform that eliminates infrastructure barriers for AI builders.

What you will do

• Design and evolve storage architectures supporting Kubernetes and high-performance compute workloads, prioritizing resilience and failure-domain awareness.
• Own production storage platforms, including Ceph (RBD, CephFS, RGW) and high-performance NAS (Weka, VAST).
• Lead lifecycle operations: cluster design, deployment, scaling, upgrades, and migrations.
• Analyze storage performance (IOPS, throughput, latency) and resolve bottlenecks across disk subsystems and network paths.
• Implement Kubernetes storage patterns including CSI drivers and StorageClasses for stateful workloads.
• Develop automation for storage deployment and lifecycle management using Ansible, Terraform, and Helm.

Requirements

• 7+ years of experience in infrastructure, storage, or distributed systems.
• Deep hands-on experience with Ceph (RBD, CephFS, RGW) in production environments.
• Experience with high-performance storage platforms such as Weka or VAST Data.
• Strong Linux systems expertise and the ability to troubleshoot across storage, network, and compute layers.
• Must have valid authorization to work in the United States.

Nice to have

• Experience supporting AI/ML or HPC workloads.
• Familiarity with NVMe-based architectures and RDMA or high-throughput Ethernet.
• Experience integrating storage with Kubernetes at scale across multiple data centers.
• Exposure to object storage and S3-compatible APIs.

Culture & Benefits

• Equity through stock options.
• 100% paid medical, dental, and vision insurance.
• Company contributions to Health Savings Account (HSA) and 401(k) plan.
• Flexible PTO and paid holidays.
• Comprehensive insurance coverage including short/long term disability and life insurance.
• Parental leave and various in-office perks.