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Job description
Founding Member of Technical Staff - Software
Location: On-site, Berkeley, CA
Salary: $250k – $500k + 1–3% equity
Industry: AI, Cybersecurity, Hardware
What You’ll Drive
Join the founding team building the first FPGA-based security switches for the world’s most valuable AI data centers. Backed by a $3M seed round and elite investors from Meta, Anthropic, DeepMind, and CrowdStrike, you’ll work on $10M+ contracts securing facilities with 200,000+ GPUs—directly protecting the digital assets that will power the global economy.
You’ll bridge ML research, systems engineering, and security, designing and implementing novel solutions for formal verification, confidential computing, and seamless ML integration. This is a high-ownership, high-impact role shaping the software and infrastructure for history’s largest AI buildout.
What You’ll Focus On
Design and implement formal verification systems for FPGA-based security switches
Build ML integration platforms and SDKs for secure, invisible workflows in Python and ML environments
Engineer deep integrations with Confidential Computing and Trusted Execution Environments (TEEs)
Develop data center systems for routing, flow control, and infrastructure integration
Collaborate with a world-class team on novel research and production deployment
Who You Are
3+ years in ML research or engineering, with proven ability to iterate and ship quickly
Experience in AI/ML research, cybersecurity, or systems engineering in high-stakes environments
Demonstrated success taking research from conception to production
Skilled in C, Rust, or similar low-level languages; strong ML engineering skills
Familiar with confidential computing, security engineering, or CTF competitions
Knowledge of data center networking, PyTorch, Xilinx FPGAs, and formal verification
Research mindset with strong engineering execution; comfortable with ambiguity and novel challenges
Flourishing technical portfolio (GitHub, technical blogs, competition medals, etc.)
PhD in CS or Physics is a plus
Tech Stack
Arista Data Center Networking, PyTorch, Xilinx FPGAs, TEEs, Confidential Computing, Rust, Formal Verification
Why You’ll Thrive Here
Join at inception and help shape the infrastructure for the AGI age
Operations and incorporation in both the US and UK, with ambitions for worldwide impact
Build the backbone for the most advanced AI and scientific workloads on the planet
Work on systems designed from scratch for AGI - not legacy retrofits
Early-stage, high-ownership roles with direct influence on technology and company direction
Early hires will have outsized impact and advancement opportunities as the company scales
$3M seed round closed June 2025; backed by leaders from Meta, Anthropic, DeepMind, CrowdStrike, and global data center strategy
$200k–$500k salary plus 1–3% equity, with rapid growth and high-impact contracts
Open to US Citizens, Green Card holders, and TN Visa holders only.
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Worksite address
berkeley, CA, 94709, US
Who can apply
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