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Senior Staff Engineer, Quality Assurance

Upscale AI · US - Headquarters · On-site

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About Upscale AI

Upscale builds next-generation AI network infrastructure with scalable systems, intelligent automation, and seamless connectivity.

About the role

Where you fall within that range depends on your experience, skills, and impact—we benchmark against internal levels to keep things fair and consistent.

What they're looking for

  • 12+ years of experience in Software Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, QA Engineering, Networking, or a related technical field (strong internships or equivalent project experience are welcome)
  • Strong programming skills in Python, Go, or a similar language
  • Solid understanding of Linux, TCP/IP networking, routing, switching, VLANs, and network troubleshooting
  • Experience with software development, test automation, CI/CD, or system validation
  • Strong debugging, analytical, and problem-solving skills
  • Excellent written and verbal communication skills
More about this role

Upscale, Inc., is building the high-performance infrastructure powering the next generation of artificial intelligence. Backed by over $300M in funding and rapid global adoption, we are scaling systems designed for the world’s most demanding AI workloads.

We focus on first-principles engineering across silicon, systems, and networking—where performance, scale, and execution are critical. Our team is talent-dense and high-performing. We value ownership, technical rigor, and speed, and we offer the opportunity to work on foundational problems with immediate, real-world impact.

If you’re looking to do high-impact work, move fast, and help define the infrastructure behind the future of AI—Upscale is where you can produce meaningful work at the frontier—and operate at a high standard.

We are looking for a Senior Staff Engineer, Quality Assurance with 12+ years of experience who is passionate about building reliable networking software and solving challenging infrastructure problems. This role combines software engineering, networking, system validation, and customer deployment experience to help deliver high-performance networking solutions for modern AI infrastructure.

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