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Our Mission
Our mission is to restore cell health and resilience through cell rejuvenation to reverse disease, injury, and the disabilities that can occur throughout life.
For more information, see our website at altoslabs.com.
Our Value
Our Single Altos Value: Everyone Owns Achieving Our Inspiring Mission.
Diversity at Altos
We believe that diverse perspectives are foundational to scientific innovation and inquiry.
We are building a company where exceptional scientists and industry leaders from around the world work side by side to advance a shared mission.
Our intentional focus is on Belonging, so that all employees know that they are valued for their unique perspectives.
At Altos, we are all accountable for sustaining a diverse and inclusive environment.
What You Will Contribute To Altos
The Altos Labs team is seeking a Systems Engineer and Administrator specializing in high-performance (HPC) and GPU-accelerated computing to work closely with the Scalable Modeling team and help manage the scientific compute infrastructure of our organization. This role will lead the design, implementation, and support of our high-performance computing systems, with a focus on GPU-accelerated computation and high-performance storage. Candidates for this role will work closely with our research and engineering teams to operate infrastructure and platforms for large-scale AI/ML model training and inference, ensuring efficient and reliable operation of our HPC infrastructure.
Responsibilities
• Design, implement, and manage high-performance computing systems infrastructure, focusing on GPU compute capabilities
• Configure and maintain high-performance networking and storage infrastructure to support low latency, high throughput distributed computation
• Collaborate with ML research and engineering teams to understand and meet their accelerated computation needs, ensuring next-generation infrastructure support for emerging trends in AI/ML, including foundation models and LLMs
• Monitor system performance, troubleshoot and address issues to ensure high availability and optimal performance
• Develop and maintain system documentation, including hardware/software configurations, troubleshooting guides, and operational procedures.
• Conduct training sessions or workshops to educate users on the proper use of scientific computation infrastructure.
• Stay up to date with the latest trends and advancements in HPC and GPU technologies and advise senior leadership on procurement strategies for next-generation hardware and solutions
Who You Are
Required Qualifications
• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, Information Technology, or a related quantitative field.
• Minimum 8 years with relevant experience in HPC
• Extensive experience building and optimizing high-performance computing systems.
• Experience with networking and interconnect architectures commonly found in distributed systems. (e.g. Infiniband, Mellanox, 100GbE)
• Experience managing high-performance storage systems (e.g. Ceph, Gluster, Lustre, etc.)
• Knowledge of HPC system tools and software stacks, such as job schedulers (e.g. Slurm), performance monitoring, and system management.
• Excellent problem-solving skills and the ability to troubleshoot complex system issues.
• Strong communication skills and the ability to work collaboratively with both technical and non-technical team members.
Preferred Skills
• Strong understanding of modern GPU architectures and programming frameworks like CUDA or OpenCL.
• Experience working with NVIDIA Data Center-class GPUs (A100, H100, etc)
• Experience with deep learning frameworks like TensorFlow or PyTorch is a plus.
• Familiarity with foundation models and their computational requirements.
• Familiarity with NVIDIA Enterprise AI software platform
The salary range for San Francisco Bay Area, CA:
• Staff Software Engineer: $215,050 – $290,950
The salary range for San Diego, CA:
• Staff Software Engineer: $202,300 – $273,700
Exact compensation may vary based on skills, experience, and location.
For UK applicants, before submitting your application:
• Please click here to read the Altos Labs EU and UK Applicant Privacy Notice (bit.ly/eu_uk_privacy_notice)
• This Privacy Notice is not a contract, express or implied and it does not set terms or conditions of employment.
What We Want You To Know
We are a culture of collaboration and scientific excellence, and we believe in the values of inclusion and belonging to inspire innovation.
Altos Labs provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment and prohibits discrimination and harassment of any type without regard to race, color, religion, age, sex, national origin, disability status, genetics, protected veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local laws.
This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, compensation and training.
Altos currently requires all employees to be fully vaccinated against COVID-19, subject to legally required exemptions (e.g., due to a medical condition or sincerely-held religious belief).
Thank you for your interest in Altos Labs where we strive for a culture of scientific excellence, learning, and belonging.
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