Technical Program Manager
RadixArkAI Infrastructure company
Palo Alto, United StatesSenior
Accel
Spark Capital
NVentures
Salience Capital
A&E Investments
HOF Capital
Operations & Strategy
About the role
TL;DR
Drive execution of complex, cross-functional AI infrastructure programs.
- •As a Technical Program Manager at RadixArk, you'll drive the execution of complex, cross-functional programs across our inference and training infrastructure.
- •You'll partner closely with Product Management, Research, and Engineering to turn ambitious technical roadmaps into shipped reality, coordinating across kernel teams, distributed systems engineers, and external partners to deliver infrastructure that serves billions of tokens daily and coordinates 10,000+ GPU training runs.
- •Key Responsibilities Drive end-to-end execution of large-scale, cross-functional programs spanning inference engines (e.g., SGLang), training frameworks (e.g., Miles), and hardware integration efforts.
- •Define program structure, including milestones, dependencies, critical paths, risks, and success criteria.
- •Maintain a clear source of truth for status across all stakeholders.
- •Identify and unblock cross-team dependencies across kernel, runtime, scheduler, networking, and model teams before they become release blockers.
- •Coordinate hardware enablement programs with partners like Nvidia, Google, and AWS, including new accelerator bring-up, kernel co-development, and benchmark validation.
- •Build and improve the engineering operating cadence, including standups, planning rituals, OKR tracking, dashboards, and reporting to leadership.
- •Requirements Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field. 4+ years of direct experience in Technical Program Management, Engineering Management, or a senior engineering role with significant program ownership, in a software or infrastructure company.
- •Strong technical fluency in systems software, distributed systems, or AI/ML infrastructure; able to read code, follow architecture discussions, and challenge technical assumptions productively.
- •Demonstrated track record shipping complex, multi-team programs on time, including managing dependencies, risks, and scope changes.
- •Excellent written and verbal communication skills; able to drive alignment across engineers, executives, and external partners.
Required skills
PythonC++AWSGoogle CloudKubernetesDockerCI/CDGitLinuxJiraREST APIgRPC
Nice-to-have skills
MLflowKubeflowSageMakerVertex AIONNXJAX
Domain expertise
aideveloper-tools
Benefits & perks
Equity, Health benefits, Flexible work arrangements
Tech stack
PythonC++AWSGoogle CloudKubernetesDockerCI/CDGitLinuxJiraConfluenceREST APIgRPC
