Staff Software Engineer

Harrison Clarke is partnering with a fast-scaling infrastructure company in the confidential computing space to identify a Staff Engineer (IC) who can take deep technical ownership of core secure systems. This is a critical hire for the business, building production-grade confidential computing infrastructure for secure AI and data workloads.

This is a hands-on engineering role for someone who has already built and shipped confidential computing systems in production and is looking to own and scale that capability inside a high-growth environment.

Role Overview

You will be the technical owner for a core part of the confidential computing platform, responsible for designing, building, and evolving secure infrastructure systems that operate across multi-cloud environments.

This is not a management role. It is a senior individual contributor position for a deep systems engineer who stays close to the code while driving architectural direction through execution.

You’ll work across systems, infrastructure, and security boundaries to build next-generation confidential computing capabilities that underpin secure AI workloads.

Key Responsibilities

Take end-to-end technical ownership of confidential computing systems

Write and ship production-level systems code (hands-on IC role)

Build and scale secure, multi-tenant infrastructure in cloud-native environments

Contribute directly to the core platform powering confidential AI workloads

Help design and implement next-generation secure compute architecture (Alpha → GA roadmap)

Collaborate closely with engineering peers to make practical decisions on security, performance, and scalability

Drive real-world deployment readiness and operational robustness of confidential systems

Required Experience:

Must-Have

Deep, non-negotiable expertise in confidential computing

Proven experience building and deploying production systems

Strong background in secure computing environments

Systems-level engineering experience (infrastructure, OS, kernel, or low-level systems)

Core Technical Stack

Primary: Rust, Go

Infrastructure: Kubernetes, multi-cloud environments (AWS / Azure / GCP)

Strong foundation in distributed systems and systems programming

Candidate Profile

Target level: Google L5–L6 equivalent

Strong individual contributor mindset

Builder-first, execution-focused engineer

Not a research-heavy or purely architectural profile

Not a people management role