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Senior Software Engineer, TorchPass Product Engineering

Join Clockwork Systems as a Senior Software Engineer to enhance the TorchPass product for distributed PyTorch training.

Location
Palo Alto, California, United States
Compensation
$150k–$230k/yr
Level
senior
Type
full time · On-site

Posted by employer 2 days ago

First seen on Joblaze 19 hours ago

Last verified on the company career page 19 hours ago

Skills & Technologies

What you'll build

  • Build and own customer-facing surfaces of TorchPass
  • Keep product documentation accurate
  • Work directly with customers during evaluations
  • Turn field learnings into fixes and documentation
  • Extend TorchPass to new schedulers and job launchers

Must have

  • 4+ years building or operating infrastructure software in production
  • Strong debugging skills on production systems
  • Deep experience with Kubernetes or Slurm
  • Strong Python, and ability to read and change Go
  • Comfortable working with customers on technical problems
  • Degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or related field

Nice to have

  • Experience with GPU clusters or machine learning training infrastructure
  • Experience with release engineering
  • Experience bringing up clusters across more than one cloud provider

Requirements

Experience
4+ years
Education
Bachelor's degree

Not disclosed in this posting: visa sponsorship.

Benefits

Catered Lunch Equity/Stock Options Competitive Compensation Great benefits package

Joblaze summary

In this role, the Senior Software Engineer will focus on developing and maintaining the customer-facing components of TorchPass, ensuring that installation and configuration processes are user-friendly and effective. Key skills include strong debugging abilities, proficiency in Kubernetes or Slurm, and experience with Python and Go, all essential for supporting infrastructure software in production. This position is well-suited for engineers with over four years of experience in making complex systems accessible to users, particularly those with a background in infrastructure software and customer interaction.

Joblaze insights

  • Listed today — first seen on Joblaze October 11, 2026. Last confirmed on Clockwork Systems's careers page October 11, 2026.
  • Salary band is below the typical range for Backend roles (median ~$180,000).
  • Starts above 12% of 153 comparable senior backend roles in United States that list Python we track (median $175,000 across 63 companies). See Python salary trends
  • Python appears in 40.6% of 507 comparable senior backend roles in United States; Kubernetes appears in 31.4% of 507 comparable senior backend roles in United States.

Quick facts

Is the Senior Software Engineer, TorchPass Product Engineering role remote?
No — this is an on-site role in Palo Alto, California, United States.
What's the salary range?
Clockwork Systems lists $150,000–$230,000 for this role.
How much experience is required?
At least 4 years of relevant experience for this Senior Software Engineer, TorchPass Product Engineering role.
Where is the role based?
Clockwork Systems is hiring for this position in Palo Alto, California, United States.
What's the tech stack?
Joblaze extracted these technologies from the posting: Go, Kubernetes, Python, Slurm.
What seniority level is this role?
Clockwork Systems targets senior candidates for this position.
Is this full-time or contract?
Full-time for this Senior Software Engineer, TorchPass Product Engineering role at Clockwork Systems.

From the original posting

About Clockwork Systems

To learn more, visit www.clockwork.io.

About the Role

TorchPass keeps distributed PyTorch training running through hardware and network failures. The Product Engineering team makes it something customers can install, trust, and run on their own clusters.

We are looking for an experienced engineer who has turned working infrastructure software into a product that other people can deploy and operate. You will own the parts of TorchPass that customers touch, and you will be one of the engineers they hear from when something does not work.

This is a product and deployment role. It does not require GPU runtime, NCCL, or kernel experience.

What You Will Do

  • Build and own the customer-facing surfaces of TorchPass: installation, configuration, and the views that show customers what the product is doing
  • Keep product documentation accurate with every release
  • Work directly with customers and our solutions engineers during evaluations: read logs, separate product defects from environment issues, and say clearly what happened
  • Turn what we learn in the field into fixes, tests, and documentation
  • Define, together with the core engineering team, what TorchPass needs from a customer's cluster and what it guarantees in return
  • Extend TorchPass to new schedulers and job launchers as customers need them

What We're Looking For

  • 4+ years building or operating infrastructure software in production
  • You have taken a system that worked for its authors and made it installable and supportable by people who did not build it
  • Strong debugging skills on production systems you did not write
  • Deep experience with Kubernetes or Slurm
  • Strong Python, and the ability to read and change Go
  • You use AI coding tools well, and you understand and stand behind the code you ship
  • You write documentation that people follow successfully
  • You are comfortable working with customers on technical problems
  • A degree in computer science, electrical engineering, or a related field, or equivalent experience

Preferred

  • Experience with GPU clusters or machine learning training infrastructure
  • Experience with release engineering: build pipelines, packaging, artifact delivery
  • Experience bringing up clusters across more than one cloud provider

Enjoy

  • Challenging projects.
  • A friendly and inclusive workplace culture.
  • Competitive compensation.
  • A great benefits package.
  • Catered lunch.

Compensation for this position will vary based on the skills and experience you bring, as well as internal equity considerations. For candidates hired at the posted level, the expected base salary range is $150,000 - $230,000. In addition to cash compensation, this role is eligible to participate in the company’s equity program, which may include stock options granted in accordance with the company’s equity plan and subject to approval and applicable vesting schedules.

Clockwork Systems is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to building world-class teams by welcoming bright, passionate individuals from all backgrounds. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, ancestry, religion, age, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, disability, or protected veteran status. We believe diversity drives innovation, and we grow stronger together.

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