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A network cloud you can take anywhere, backed by open source.
Lead Engineer – Compute
Location
United States
Posted
98 days ago
Salary
0
Seniority
Senior
Job Description
Lead Engineer – Compute
Datum
• Build and run the network-optimized Datum compute platform • Obsess with the customer experience, foundational security and performance of the service • Drive excellence in infrastructure engineering, across software development and platform operations • Partner with the infra and network teams to integrate compute seamlessly into the Datum experience and own the long-term health of our infrastructure • Leverage vendor relationships, primarily open source, to extend our reach and velocity • Approach problems through the lens of Datum APIs • Show up with passion for current user personas and help define and build for the future ones too • Work in the open and drive community engagement • Lean into open source - we make money through our network, not our software • Scale yourself and the team through effective automation • Play an active role in the community, from meetups and speaking to blog posts and demos • Drive your roadmap by modeling Datum’s values every day • Distill customer needs into clear problem statements that align priorities • Use maximum creativity to solve hard problems, balancing the tradeoffs • Shepherd the team through timely decision-making • Improve efficiency and processes along the way
Job Requirements
- Some overlap with NYC business hours and ability to travel to NYC and elsewhere
- High EQ: You read rooms, understand people, and navigate complexity with grace
- Hunger: You're driven by impact and energized by building something meaningful
- Humility: You check your ego, give credit freely, and focus on collective success
- Core Attributes: Thrive in an async environment; Simplify technical complexity through writing, demos, and speaking; Relationship builder who creates and maintains genuine, valuable connections; Genuinely passionate about digital infrastructure and the future of the industry; Able to toggle between 30,000-foot vision and ground-level execution; Comfortable with ambiguity and capable of creating structure where none exists
Benefits
- Datum’s mission is to help 1k clouds thrive in the AI era by unlocking internet superpowers for every builder
- Significant production experience building and running scaled, containerized VMs or microkernels for real users in multi-tenant environments
- Production experience building with Kubernetes and can work inside it with accuracy and speed
- Experience with CNIs, eBPF, VPP, DPDK, or other software-first packet and routing infra
- You regularly use public and alt clouds, as well as service providers, and have strong opinions about the experience
- You’re an operator at heart. You don’t tolerate manual deployments or slow builds
- You’re comfortable with next-gen tools and ways of working, from Cursor to Claude
- You have a track record of using, building, and contributing to open source
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