Engineering Product Manager (Ray Core)

About Anyscale:At

Anyscale

, we're on a mission to democratize distributed computing and make it accessible to software developers of all skill levels. We’re commercializing

Ray

, a popular open-source project that's creating an ecosystem of libraries for scalable machine learning. Companies like

OpenAI

,

Uber

,

Spotify

,

Instacart

,

Cruise

, and many more, have Ray in their tech stacks to accelerate the progress of AI applications out into the real world.With Anyscale, we’re building the best place to run Ray, so that any developer or data scientist can scale an ML application from their laptop to the cluster without needing to be a distributed systems expert.Proud to be backed by

Andreessen Horowitz, NEA, and Addition

with

$250+ million raised to date.About the role:Anyscale is looking for a strong Engineering Leader to manage the Ray Core (Core Runtime) team, which includes both the open source Ray distributed computing framework, and proprietary features. We are looking for candidates with experience to manage through managers or tech leads.As an open source project, Ray is about making general purpose distributed computing easy, and Ray Core is the

fundamental architecture

behind this “infinite laptop” mission. The Ray Core team is responsible for developing this core distributed computing framework (with basic abstractions of Tasks, Actors, Objects) to support Ray developers, and other Ray libraries (e.g. Datasets, ML libraries). The work also includes adding proprietary features to make the Anyscale SaaS offering more competitive. The work will be essential in our

path towards Ray 2.0 , and also in the next phase of the Anyscale product.You can learn more about Ray Core with these materials:- Our research papers on

NSDI ‘21

and

HotOS ‘21

describing the architectural vision of a Distributed Futures system- How Ray Core’s flexible scheduling and shared data plane

enable high performance in third generation ML platformsIn this position, you will guide the vision, recruit, and enable a high-performing team. This team is critical to everything that Anyscale and Ray achieve and will play a pivotal role in the success of the company.As part of your role, you will:

Drive the strategy of the Anyscale Ray Core (or Core Runtime) groupDrive the execution of Ray Core team’s key projects towards Ray 2.0 and beyondHiring, team Building: Build a world-class team of distributed systems engineersFocus on building and maintaining a culture of collaboration within the teamCommunicate your work to a broader audience through talks, tutorials, and blog postsWork closely with our product team to enhance our distributed computing frameworkLeading the charge in the OSS community to optimize our footprint and user experienceHelp us to build and shape a world-class companyWe'd love to hear from you if you have:

Experience building core distributed systemsExperience leading an open-ended project (Computer Science Systems research background is a plus)Experience with operating data / ML infra in production is a plusSolid engineering management experience leading productive, high-performing teamsManaging through other managers is a requirementRecord of helping teams scale quickly while maintaining a good cultureExperience going from 0-1 as a founder and a great track record of executionMindset towards achieving results, and excellent prioritization skillsEffective communicationCompensation

At Anyscale, we take a market-based approach to compensation. We are data-driven, transparent, and consistent. The target salary for this role is $237,000 ~ $284,614. As the market data changes over time, the target salary for this role may be adjusted.This role is also eligible to participate in Anyscale's Equity and Benefits offerings, including the following:

Stock OptionsHealthcare plans, with premiums covered by Anyscale at 99%401k Retirement PlanWellness stipendEducation stipendPaid Parental LeavePaid Time OffCommute reimbursement100% of in office meals coveredAnyscale Inc. is an Equal Opportunity Employer. Candidates are evaluated without regard to age, race, color, religion, sex, disability, national origin, sexual orientation, veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal or state law.Anyscale Inc. is an E-Verify company and you may review the

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