Founding Engineer - Camber

about 1 month ago
Full time role
In-person · San Francisco, CA, US... more

Founding Engineer

San Francisco, California

About Camber

Camber is on a mission to build the scientific research cloud, used across all disciplines of inquiry, from astrophysics to genomics. Currently, distributed scientific workloads are nearly 100% on-premise, making computation for researchers limited in scope, with long iteration cycles. Our fully managed, infrastructure-free platform allows researchers to deploy on-demand fully managed instances for distributed scientific simulations and data analysis. In addition, we offer managed engines of popular scientific packages, increasing accessibility for researchers, while expanding the reach of package publishers. We’re based in San Francisco.

About The Role

Camber is seeking a highly motivated and visionary Founding Engineer to be a pillar in building out our technical capabilities. Ultimately, Camber is an infrastructure company. As the Founding Engineer you’ll bring best practices in architecting our platform and deploying on-demand compute engines. Your role is crucial in shaping the company's technical direction, driving innovation, and building a world class cloud computing company. 

Responsibilities:

  • Help design the world’s first cloud-based distributed computing platform for research, across all fields of science and engineering

  • Contribute to the product strategy across multiple scientific verticals

  • Develop, mentor and recruit team members

  • Collaborate on talent roadmap to meet the needs of the business

  • Evolve the capabilities of the team as required to support the business

  • Interact with our scientist customers to better understand their workflows, the problems they are facing and the discoveries they are making

Qualifications:

  • 8+ years of experience in the technology sector, working in cloud-based ecosystems

  • Expert knowledge in 2-3 of the following programming languages: Rust, Python, C/C++, Node.JS, Kotlin, Java, Scala, GoLang

  • Experience with containerization and orchestration frameworks e.g., Docker, k8s, Terraform, Jenkins, etc.,

  • Woking knowledge of several distributed computing frameworks e.g., Spark, Hadoop, ElasticSearch, Presto, Kafka, Cassandra, etc.,

  • Bachelor’s degree in CS or related quantitative field. Research experience at MS/PhD level is preferred, but not required.

Benefits:

  • Competitive salary and meaningful equity

  • A flexible vacation policy.

  • Comprehensive health, vision, dental, and life insurance as well as disability benefits.