Head of Compute Engineering
Impossible Cloud Network
Washington, DC, USA · Remote
ABOUT US:
We have built a cloud object storage similar to AWS S3, now optimised for AI and compute. Our market success has already been proved by our commercial hyper-growth, based on our channel-based GTM strategy. While we build a high performance compute platform and a comprehensive suite of cloud services, we are redefining the cloud ecosystem by bridging the gap between decentralized infrastructure (DePIN), mainstream B2B cloud use cases, and most recently AI Applications — all from our HQ in Hamburg.
Find out more about us here.
You will work with a small but growing team of engineers, roll up your sleeves on architecture and code, and own both the development as well as the day-to-day health of our compute infrastructure. This is the right role for a senior engineer who is ready to step fully into engineering leadership without losing their technical edge.
WHAT YOU WILL DO:
Contribute directly to architecture and code, particularly on GPU provisioning, orchestration, and the customer control plane
Lead a team of engineers across platform infrastructure, backend services, and internal tooling
Own the engineering delivery process: planning, prioritisation, and execution in close collaboration with the founding team
Implement and maintain observability, alerting, and on-call processes to meet customer SLAs
Hire and onboard engineers as the team grows; act as a culture carrier for technical excellence
Work directly with early customers to understand their GPU workload requirements and feed these into the roadmap
WHAT YOU BRING:
7+ years of engineering experience, with at least 1-2 years in a tech lead or engineering manager capacity within the GPU space.
Practical experience with GPU compute - CUDA environments, NVIDIA drivers, MIG/vGPU, or similar
Experience with container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker) and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Ansible)
Deep understanding of GPU cluster management and GPU compute layers (bare-metal provisioning, k8s, inference software, …)
Startup mindset: you move fast, take ownership, and are energised rather than overwhelmed by ambiguity
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Bonus:
Experience in hyperscalers or Neocloud infrastructure, or data centre deployments
Deep knowledge of job schedulers (Slurm, LSF, Ray), networking (InfiniBand/RoCE), large-scale storage systems (VAST, Weka, DAOS, Ceph, AWS S3, Lustre, GPFS), GPU inference and fine-tuning customer workloads (vLLM, LanceDB …)
WHAT WE OFFER:
- Competitive salary coupled with direct engagement in your success through an enticing ESOP.
- Clear and transparent career progression scheme inspired by the best performing organisations incl. fast track promotion opportunity for exceptional performance to support your growth ambitions.
- Prime growth-stage company with proven revenue and a sharp edge in cloud — founded by serial entrepreneurs with multiple successful exits.
- Experienced, passionate team working with cutting-edge cloud technology.
- A vibrant office in a trendy location with free brain food and a canteen — plus a subsidized premium gym membership and monthly team meet-ups that bring the whole crew together!
OUR CULTURE:
OUR HIRING PROCESS:
- Apply: Submit your CV or LinkedIn profile via the application form.
- First response: We review every application carefully and get back to you within a few days. If your profile is a strong match, we'll invite you to an intro call via Google Meet.
- Get to know us: We move quickly through two to four interview steps, including a meeting with our founders.
- Offer: If it's a mutual fit, you'll receive a personal offer and feedback call, followed by a written offer document.