AI Infrastructure SRE - GPU Clusters

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Redmond, Northern (WA, KY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) plan

Comprehensive medical benefits

Paid vacation and holidays

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) in Redmond, WA. The role focuses on designing, operating, and scaling GPU-backed AI infrastructure and on-premise Kubernetes clusters to support national security missions.

You will collaborate with AI engineers, develop automation, and ensure high availability across systems while navigating sensitive security requirements.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline and 1+ years of professional SRE/DevOps experience or 3+ years without a degree.
• 1+ years of professional Linux experience.
• Experience with infrastructure tools such as Terraform, Ansible, or similar.
• Experience with containerization and Kubernetes.
• Scripting experience with Bash, Python, or similar.
• Development experience in Python, C++, or Go.

Responsibilities

• Manage GPU service for external customers on bare metal and virtualized platforms.
• Design and productize AI cluster solutions at large scale (100k+ GPUs).
• Develop automation to deploy and manage on-premise KubernetesAI clusters and OSes.
• Deploy and manage core infrastructure including databases, monitoring, and storage.
• Collaborate with AI engineers to build scalable, operable products.
• Oversee full lifecycle of services from design to operation and refinement.
• Support monitoring and alerting to ensure high availability.
• Identify improvement areas and implement innovative solutions for reliability.

Skills

Linux

Bash

Python

C++

Go

DevOps

Kubernetes

Networking

Cloud computing

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Kubernetes

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) in Redmond, WA. The role focuses on designing, operating, and scaling GPU-backed AI infrastructure and on-premise Kubernetes clusters to support national security missions.

You will collaborate with AI engineers, develop automation, and ensure high availability across systems while navigating sensitive security requirements.