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Distributed Systems Engineer

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Krea

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United States , San Francisco

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Job Description:

Robust, reliable, and scalable distributed systems form the backbone of Krea. These systems support the infrastructure that powers our AI research, real-time user experiences, and large-scale model deployments.

Job Responsibility:

  • Design, build, and maintain large-scale distributed infrastructure to reliably support AI research and real-time model serving
  • Own and scale our multi-thousand-node Kubernetes GPU clusters, ensuring efficient and fault-tolerant operations
  • Collaborate closely with ML engineers and researchers to architect systems that enable rapid experimentation and deployment
  • Improve network architecture, optimize load balancing, and streamline operational practices across multi-zone cloud deployments

Requirements:

  • Kubernetes at scale (thousands of nodes)
  • Cloud infrastructure management (AWS/GCP/Azure)
  • High-performance and fault-tolerant networking
  • Low-level Linux interfaces and administration
  • Debugging complex distributed systems in production
  • Python, Golang, Ruby, Rust, and similar systems languages

Nice to have:

Infrastructure as Code (e.g. Terraform)

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 21, 2026

Employment Type:
Fulltime
Work Type:
On-site work
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