# Staff Systems Engineer at Blacksmith

- Company: Blacksmith
- What the company does: Speed up your GitHub actions with Blacksmith. Run CI/CD 2x faster, download caches 4x faster, build Docker images 40x faster, and eliminate queue times. Start free today. Backed by Peak XV, Y Combinator and GV.
- Company website: https://www.blacksmith.sh/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Senior
- Location: New York City
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $280K to $380K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-03-31
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/blacksmith/12926992-4e84-4730-88af-f67d5fbc0b2b
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/blacksmith-staff-systems-engineer/

## About the role

Track record of leading through influence and shaping technical direction while operating as an individual contributor.

## What they're looking for

- Deep familiarity with virtualization technologies such as Firecracker, QEMU, or Cloud Hypervisor, and an understanding of the tradeoffs between them
- Experience with distributed storage systems (e.g., Ceph) and a strong grasp of low-level file system performance, I/O tuning, and storage reliability at scale
- 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 while operating as an individual contributor
- Strong communication skills, with the ability to explain complex systems-level concepts to engineers, leadership, and non-technical stakeholders

Tags: Engineering