# Orchestration Workload Engineer - ACE - AI Factory at Genentech

- Company: Genentech
- What the company does: Genentech discovers, develops, manufactures and commercializes treatments for patients with serious and life-threatening medical conditions. Backed by North Carolina Biotechnology Center.
- Company website: https://gene.com
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Mid level
- Location: 2 Locations
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-09-21
- Apply by: 2026-11-05
- Apply: https://roche.wd3.myworkdayjobs.com/en-US/ROG-A2O-GENE/job/Kaiseraugst/Orchestration-Workload-Engineer---ACE---AI-Factory_202609-123254
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/genentech-orchestration-workload-engineer-ace-ai-factory/

## About the role

Serve as the internal expert on the SLURM Workload Manager, architecting, scaling, and maintaining SLURM across heterogeneous HPC (and AI environments) to ensure high availability and dynamic resource distribution. Design and tune advanced SLURM configurations, including custom plugin integration, topology-aware scheduling, GRES/GPU management, dynamic priority trees, and complex QoS/fair-share policies.

## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s or advanced degree in Computer Science, Applied Mathematics, Computational Engineering, or a related technical discipline
- Extensive systems engineering experience with deep specialization in workload scheduling, SLURM administration, and multi-tenant cluster optimization
- Demonstrated track record of leading complex technical initiatives and mentoring engineering peers
- Proven experience in life sciences, pharmaceutical R&D, or high-performance scientific research environments
- Kubernetes & Container Knowledge: Hands-on experience with Kubernetes fundamentals and container runtimes (Singularity, Apptainer, Enroot, Docker) within an HPC context
- AI Infrastructure & Interconnects: Deep familiarity with GPU scheduling (NVIDIA MIG, fractionalization), high-speed interconnects (InfiniBand, RoCE), and multi-node communication frameworks (MPI, NCCL)