Goodfire
Head of Engineering, Platform
San Francisco, CA
Sponsorship not specified$300k-$450kDetected 149 days ago
Distributed SystemsMachine LearningPyTorchResearchLeadership
About the role
- We're looking for a highly technical Head of Engineering to grow our core platform.
- At Goodfire, we believe that leaders need to be in the trenches with their team and that engineering leaders also need to be exceptional engineers.
- You'll have extremely high ownership over a critical core of the business.
Responsibilities
- Build an Exemplary Engineering Team
- Develop and execute a hiring strategy that positions Goodfire as a destination for the best engineers in the field.
- Own Outcomes End-to-End
- Drive adoption of Goodfire's core platform.
- Most importantly, you'll have the opportunity to join a vital mission at an important point in its trajectory-we are developing groundbreaking technology with a world-class team on the critical path to ensuring a safe and beneficial future for humanity.
Requirements
- 10+ years of engineering experience, with 5+ years in engineering leadership roles.
- Deep technical expertise in ML infrastructure, distributed systems, and large-scale model training.
- Hands-on proficiency with PyTorch or JAX, modern ML tooling and inference engines.
- Required Experience
Nice to have
- Prior experience at a frontier AI lab or leading AI research organization.
- Background in or familiarity with interpretability, alignment, or AI safety research.
- Public presence in the AI community (publications, open-source contributions, speaking engagements).
- Put mission and team first
- We trust each other, deeply care about the success of the organization, and choose to put our team above ourselves.
- Improve constantly
- We proactively critique ourselves and others in a kind and thoughtful way that translates to practical improvements in the organization.
- Take ownership and initiative
Skills
- Convert state-of-the-art research into scalable, product-grade tools with urgency.
Compensation
- $300,000 - $450,000 USD (commensurate with experience)
- Expected salary range: $300,000 - $450,000 USD (commensurate with experience)
Benefits
- This role offers market competitive salary, equity, and competitive benefits.
- Recruit, hire, and retain top machine learning engineers from leading AI research labs.
Company info
- You'll also be responsible for recruiting outstanding machine learning engineers from top AI labs to work on our mission.
- Shape and reinforce Goodfire's culture and values as the company scales.
- Collaborate directly with customers and go-to-market teams.
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