Clockwork Systems, Inc.

Clockwork Systems, Inc.

Tech Lead – Network Observability

Onsite Palo Alto, California

Sponsorship not specified$180k-$260kDetected 78 days ago
PythonGoRustC++Distributed SystemsBackend DevelopmentAWSGCPCloud PlatformsKubernetesLinuxPrometheusGrafanaDatadogMachine LearningDesign SystemsElectrical EngineeringTCP/IPDNSWiresharkNetwork Monitoring

About the role

  • The ideal candidate has strong experience in distributed systems, Linux networking, and modern observability stacks (e.g., Grafana/Prometheus).

Responsibilities

  • Lead architecture, design, and development of scalable network monitoring platforms for high-performance RDMA, RoCE, InfiniBand, and TCP/IP infrastructure.
  • Build backend telemetry services, observability dashboards, alerts, diagnostics, anomaly detection, SLA monitoring, and traffic analysis workflows.
  • Establish engineering standards, drive automation, define technical roadmaps with cross-functional teams, and mentor engineers on distributed systems and high-performance networking best practices.
  • Experience building distributed systems, backend services, telemetry pipelines, or observability platforms.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical field.
  • Strong hands-on programming experience in C++, Go, Python, Rust, or similar systems programming languages.
  • Proven experience leading engineering teams, major technical initiatives, or complex infrastructure projects.
  • Hands-on experience with RDMA, RoCE, InfiniBand, or other high-performance network fabrics.
  • Familiarity with libibverbs, RDMA verbs, RDMA CM, queue pairs, completion queues, memory registration, and related RDMA concepts.
  • Strong knowledge of Linux networking, TCP/IP, DNS, HTTP, routing, MTU, congestion control, packet loss, latency, and performance tuning.
  • Experience with traceroute-style diagnostics, path discovery, network reachability checks, synthetic probes, or active network measurements.
  • Experience with monitoring and visualization platforms such as Prometheus, Grafana, Datadog, Splunk, OpenTelemetry, or similar tools.
  • Experience operating production systems in Linux-based environments.

Nice to have

  • Experience supporting AI/ML, HPC, storage, or GPU cluster infrastructure workloads.
  • Experience with large-scale RoCE or InfiniBand deployments.
  • Experience with NCCL, distributed training infrastructure, or AI cluster diagnostics.
  • Experience with eBPF, XDP, DPDK, perf, tcpdump, Wireshark, ethtool, iproute2, rdma-core, or Linux kernel networking tools.
  • Experience with cloud infrastructure on AWS, GCP, or Azure.
  • Experience with Kubernetes, service discovery, configuration management, and infrastructure automation.
  • Knowledge of security, compliance, and infrastructure best practices.
  • Experience designing time-series data systems, alerting pipelines, or high-cardinality telemetry platforms.

Compensation

  • For candidates hired at the posted level, the expected base salary range is $180,000 - $260,000.
  • The offered compensation package may also include stock options or other equity awards, subject to Clockwork's equity program and applicable approvals
  • In addition to cash compensation, this role is eligible to participate in the company's equity program, which may include stock options granted in accordance with the company's equity plan and subject to approval and applicable vesting schedules.
  • We are committed to building world-class teams by welcoming bright, passionate individuals from all backgrounds.
  • We believe diversity drives innovation, and we grow stronger together.

Benefits

  • Clockwork Systems was founded by Stanford researchers and veteran systems engineers who share a vision for redefining the foundations of distributed computing.
  • for this position will vary based on the skills and experience you bring, as well as internal equity considerations.

Company info

  • We are seeking an experienced Tech Lead to lead the architecture, development, and scaling of a high-performance network monitoring and observability platform.
  • What We're Looking For

Equal opportunity

  • Clockwork Systems is an equal opportunity employer.
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