Member of Technical Staff - Sandbox Platform

The role

You will build the distributed control plane and node-level runtime for a sandbox platform. This involves placing workloads across bare-metal workers and launching secure microVMs.

What you will do

• Build the control plane that places sandbox workloads efficiently across bare-metal CPU and GPU workers.
• Build node-level execution systems that launch and supervise secure microVMs, coordinate storage and networking, and take sandboxes from assignment to ready execution.
• Own the sandbox product surface, including its APIs, SDK, and CLI.
• Evolve the sandbox product to support reinforcement learning and agentic workflows at scale.
• Work with research, applied research, customers, and the engineering team to take problems from discovery through design, implementation, and production adoption.

Required qualifications

• 5+ years of experience building production distributed systems from the ground up.
• Strong systems programming experience.
• High-agency engineer who can lead the design and implementation of high-performance, fault-tolerant systems.
• Strong Linux systems fundamentals.
• Depth in at least one of virtualization, networking, storage, or workload isolation.
• Experience building, deploying, and operating production systems at scale.

Nice to have

• Production Go is a major advantage
• Rust, C++, or comparable systems-language experience is also valued

Benefits

• Cash compensation of $150-300k with significant equity incentives
• Full visa sponsorship and relocation support
• A professional development budget for courses and conferences
• Regular team off-sites and conference attendance

About the company

Prime Intellect is building the open superintelligence stack, providing infrastructure for frontier AI labs. The company has raised $150M in total funding from various investors.