AI Infrastructure Engineer: GPU, On‑Prem & Kubernetes

Engg; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision & dental coverage

401(k) plan

Paid vacation & holidays

Shuttle service to Redmond office

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Software Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) to design, operate and scale our on‑prem GPU/CPU infrastructure supporting critical national security missions. The role coversGPU deployments to Top Secret datacenters, AI clusters, Kubernetes/OST automation, and close collaboration with AI engineering teams.

You will contribute to scalable software products, high availability systems, and the lifecycle from design to operation, with opportunities for advanced security

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline
• 1+ years of professional experience in site reliability engineering or DevOps or 3+ years in lieu of a degree
• 1+ years of professional experience with Linux operating systems
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or other infrastructure tools
• Experience with containerization technologies (i.e. OCI containers, Kubernetes)
• Development experience in Python, C++, or Go
• Scripting in Bash, Python, or other languages
• Knowledge of networking concepts and cloud virtualization

Responsibilities

• Manage GPU/CPU infrastructure deployments to Top Secret datacenters
• Provide support for GPU as a service on bare metal and virtualized platforms
• Design, validate, and productize AI cluster solutions at large scale (100k+ GPUs)
• Develop automation to deploy and manage on-premise Kubernetes/AI clusters and OSs
• Deploy and manage core infrastructure such as databases, monitoring and distributed storage
• Collaborate with AI engineers to create scalable, operable products
• Own lifecycle from inception to deployment, operation and refinement
• Ensure monitoring and alerting supports high availability
• Identify improvement areas and create innovative scalable solutions

Skills

Linux

Python

C++

Go

Bash

DevOps

Networking

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/IT

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Software Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) to design, operate and scale our on‑prem GPU/CPU infrastructure supporting critical national security missions. The role coversGPU deployments to Top Secret datacenters, AI clusters, Kubernetes/OST automation, and close collaboration with AI engineering teams.

You will contribute to scalable software products, high availability systems, and the lifecycle from design to operation, with opportunities for advanced security