# Staff Software Engineer, Ray Core at Anyscale

- Company: Anyscale
- What the company does: Powered by Ray, Anyscale helps AI builders run data-intensive workloads to build and deploy Foundation Models and AI at scale on any cloud. Backed by NEA, a16z and Amplify.
- Company website: https://www.anyscale.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: San Francisco
- Work setup: Remote
- Pay: $240K to $270K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-09-17
- Apply by: 2026-11-01
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/anyscale/5f4d4f60-e8b8-4e03-a709-0117b3e7d48e
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/anyscale-staff-software-engineer-ray-core/

## About the role

Own a major technical area of Ray Core end to end, defining the roadmap, identifying the most important technical problems, and driving execution through production. Lead large, technically complex projects spanning multiple engineers, teams, and/or organizations.

## What they're looking for

- 6+ years of software engineering experience, with a track record of increasing technical ownership
- Experience leading substantial projects end to end, including defining the problem, creating a roadmap, making architectural decisions, driving implementation, and owning the outcome in production
- Experience leading projects that are larger than a single-engineer effort, typically spanning multiple engineers and lasting multiple quarters
- Deep experience with distributed systems and computer systems
- Strong systems programming experience in languages such as C++, Rust, Java, or similar lower-level languages
- Strong understanding of systems concepts such as multithreading/concurrency, distributed coordination, resource management, fault tolerance, performance, or networking

Tags: Engineering