Tech Lead Manager, Simulation Infrastructure (AI)

TL;DR

Tech Lead Manager, Simulation Infrastructure (AI): Providing technical leadership and people management for the distributed simulation engine used to validate autonomous driving software with an accent on scalability and resource optimization. Focus on architecting massive distributed systems, optimizing scheduler throughput, and ensuring high-throughput execution of simulation workloads.

Location: Hybrid work schedule; must be based in Mountain View or San Francisco, California

Salary: $251,000—$310,000 USD

Company

hirify.global is an autonomous driving technology company building the hirify.global Driver to improve mobility and road safety through fully autonomous ride-hail services.

What you will do

• Provide technical leadership and people management for software engineers building a distributed simulation engine.
• Architect, scale, and operate a massive distributed system that validates the autonomous driving software stack daily.
• Drive improvements in scheduler throughput, resource allocation, queuing latency, and cluster utilization.
• Establish team roadmaps, define engineering best practices, and mentor team members to support their technical growth.
• Partner with simulation, machine learning, and platform infrastructure teams to ensure seamless workload execution.

Requirements

• BS or MS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or an equivalent field.
• 5+ years of software engineering experience with a proven track record of both technical leadership and people management.
• 5+ years of experience designing, building, and operating large-scale distributed infrastructure or batch processing systems.
• Hands-on experience optimizing large-scale job scheduling, resource orchestration, or queueing systems.
• Must be based in or able to work from Mountain View or San Francisco, California.

Nice to have

• Deep experience with large-scale cluster management systems.
• Strong programming capabilities in Golang and C++.
• Deep understanding of advanced operating systems, scheduling, containerization, sandboxing, or distributed file systems.

Culture & Benefits

• Hybrid work arrangement.
• Participation in a discretionary annual bonus program.
• Equity incentive plan.
• Generous company benefits program.