Hiring: Director of Engineering Company: Vast.ai Location: San Francisco, CA Job Posted Time: 2026-09-10 14:50:42 Employment Type: On-site Target Skills & Keywords : Serverless About the job Experience: •10+ years building software, with real depth in at least one of distributed systems, cloud infrastructure, GPU/ML systems, or high-throughput backend platforms •5+ years managing engineers, including hiring, performance management, and team building at a fast-moving company Required Skills: •This is not a purely managerial role. The right candidate still enjoys working in the codebase and earns technical trust through judgment, reviews, and occasional critical-path shipping. •Initially lead a group of approximately 8 engineers across two product/infrastructure teams. •The technical surface area is broad: distributed infrastructure, GPU scheduling and availability, marketplace dynamics, developer experience, payments and billing, reliability, security, and high-throughput backend systems. The role is ideal for someone who likes building both the product and the engineering organization behind it. •Delivery across the customer-facing platform: console, APIs, CLI/SDK, serverless, clusters, billing, and the marketplace engine •Hiring and team design: partner with recruiting to source, assess, close, and onboard senior engineers; maintain a high talent bar; and build the team structure needed to support the roadmap. You will own hiring outcomes for your group. •Engineering quality: review standards, CI, test coverage, incident response, and an on-call rotation that does not burn people out •Team growth: developing engineers into senior engineers and seniors into leads •Execution cadence: turning Jake's technical direction and product priorities into shipped software on predictable timelines, with the minimum process that makes us faster Qualifications: •Marketplace or infrastructure company experience, CUDA/GPU stack familiarity, an open-source track record. Compensation: •$200,000 - $320,000 / year •Comprehensive health, dental, vision, and life insurance Interested candidates, please apply directly through the job posting on company's career page or try via AI auto apply on this platform. Don't miss this opportunity to join a forward-thinking team!