Principal Software Engineer: Cloud Operating System

Company Overview:

Ori is setting a new standard for how AI worlds are built. We are the first AI Infrastructure provider with the native expertise, comprehensive capabilities, and end-to-end flexibility to support any model, team, or scale. As a fast-growing startup backed by leading investors, we value ambition, accessibility, and collaboration, and are committed to pushing the boundaries of what’s possible in the field of AI. Join our close-knit, global team and help us build the future of AI infrastructure!

Job Description

As a Principal Software Engineer at Ori, you’ll be a hands-on technical leader, driving the design and development of our most critical systems, including our GPU orchestration layer, inference-serving infrastructure, and core platform APIs.

You’ll set the standard for engineering excellence across the team, working closely with other principal engineers to align on strategy and drive technical leadership. You’ll partner with peers in infrastructure and machine learning to deliver high-performance AI systems, and mentor engineers across multiple squads. While you won’t have direct reports, you’ll play a pivotal role in shaping engineering direction, design decisions, and cross-team collaboration..

What You’ll Do:

• Architect and build kubernetes operators to manage large-scale AI deployments
• Collaborate closely with platform and infrastructure teams to deliver secure, reliable, production-grade services
• Extend and automate our control plane, enabling dynamic, GPU-aware scheduling and orchestration
• Drive technical standards and mentorship, upholding code quality, observability, and maintainability across teams
• Proactively identify and resolve architectural bottlenecks, performance issues, or scaling challenges

What you bring:

• Proven expertise in Golang and cloud-native backend development
• Deep experience designing and deploying distributed systems
• Experience designing public-facing RESTful APIs in production environments
• Strong knowledge of Kubernetes internals, with hands-on experience building operators, CRDs, and Kubernetes-native controllers
• Experience with PostgreSQL or equivalent high-performance data stores
• Experience with DevOps, CI/CD workflows, observability, security and automation best practices
• Demonstrated ability to lead technically: mentor others, drive architectural thinking, and influence across teams
• A bias for action, accountability, and leading by example

Preferred Skills (Nice to Have)

• Experience with Nvidia technology, such as Kubernetes GPU Operator, UFM, NetQ, DCGM, etc
• Familiar with Kubernetes networking and CNI, such as Kube-OVN, Cilium, etc
• Familiar with Kubernetes storage, such as PVCs, PVs, S3-compatible APIs and CSI

How you work:

• You approach problems with a systems mindset - balancing practical execution with long-term scalability
• You elevate the team, setting high standards for technical quality and engineering excellence.
• You hold yourself and others accountable - giving direct feedback and expecting the same
• You take initiative, owning challenges end-to-end and proactively driving solutions.
• You invest in others, mentoring to build both capability and confidence.
• You communicate clearly - translating complexity into clarity across engineering and business audiences

Qualities we look for:

• Set the standard: Every single day, you spot opportunities to constructively shake things up.
• Inspire the change: There's no blueprint for the future. You’ll embrace challenges and change.
• You’re real and you’re true to yourself: We cherish and celebrate diversity so you’ll feel right at home whoever you are and whoever you’re talking to, you treat everyone the same.

Why should you join us?

What sets us apart is our blend of modern technology, competitive benefits, and an open, welcoming work culture that enables our people to thrive.

Here are just some of the great things you can expect from us:

• Remote work, flexible hours: we offer a fully remote work schedule, with flexible working hours and trust in your productivity, we are in sync with your team’s general locations and time zones to foster effective and seamless collaboration.
• 30 days of annual leave: we value your peace of mind. With 30 days off (excl