Principal Systems Engineer

Blacksmith
New York, NY
Job Description
Blacksmith is looking for a Principal Systems Engineer to set technical direction for core infrastructure, drive architectural direction, and mentor senior engineers.

Requirements

  • Deep familiarity with virtualization technologies such as Firecracker, QEMU, or Cloud Hypervisor
  • Experience with distributed storage systems (e.g., Ceph)
  • Comfort working at the kernel and filesystems level: experience with eBPF, cgroups, namespaces, or similar Linux primitives
  • Track record of leading through influence and shaping technical direction
  • Strong communication skills

Benefits

  • Medical, Vision, and Dental insurance
  • Competitive base + equity
  • 401K match
  • Unlimited PTO
  • Annual offsite
  • Early-exercise stock options
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