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Software Engineer - Technical Staff Member

MithrilPalo Alto / San Francisco Bay Area
On-site Full-time $170K/yr - $230K/yr

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Experience Level

Entry Level

Qualifications

Core Responsibilities:Backend & API Development: Build and maintain robust backend systems and APIs that support our platform’s functionalities. Feature Implementation: Collaborate with cross-functional teams to define and implement new features. Performance Optimization: Analyze and enhance system performance to ensure reliability and efficiency. Customer Engagement: Work closely with customers to understand their needs and incorporate their feedback into product development. Market Dynamics Understanding: Gain insights into market trends and dynamics to inform system design and functionality.

About the job

Mithril is building AI infrastructure to make GPU computing accessible for enterprises, AI startups, and research organizations. The company’s customers include LG AI Research, Saronic, and the Broad Institute. Mithril was founded by a former Google DeepMind research scientist and a Stanford CS PhD, and has raised $80 million in seed and Series A funding from Sequoia Capital, Lightspeed Venture Partners, and others. Platform revenue has grown more than sixfold in the past year. Fast Company recognized Mithril as the 8th Most Innovative Company in Artificial Intelligence for 2026.

The team is transitioning from bare-metal operations to a cloud-native, multi-provider platform, introducing an auction and flexibility model. This is an opportunity to help shape the platform from its early stages.

Role overview

The Software Engineer - Technical Staff Member will work across three main areas:

  • Consumption: Developer-facing product, billing, and API
  • Platform: Orchestration and marketplace solutions
  • Supply: Cloud provider integrations and capacity management

Engineers at Mithril take on significant ownership, building features end-to-end that support critical customer workloads and drive revenue. The scope includes backend systems, marketplace logic, and customer interfaces. Architectural decisions here have a direct impact on Mithril’s growth and scalability.

What makes this role unique

This position blends deep systems work with product-facing challenges. Engineers contribute to the orchestration engine that manages GPU capacity across providers, as well as the interfaces customers use to reserve, bid, and utilize resources.

The systems built in this role handle financial transactions, real workloads, and market mechanisms such as spot auctions, reservation pricing, and capacity allocation. For those interested in the mechanics of GPU infrastructure markets and building the technology behind them, this role offers direct involvement.

Location

This role is based in Palo Alto or the San Francisco Bay Area.

About Mithril

Mithril is at the forefront of AI infrastructure innovation, enabling enterprises and researchers to harness GPU computing power efficiently and affordably. With a strong foundation backed by substantial investment and industry recognition, we are poised to redefine how AI infrastructure supports real-world applications.

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