AI Platform Infra Engineer - Classified Deployment Tooling

SpaceX; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 125,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Long-term incentives

Medical insurance

Vision and dental

401(k) plan

Paid parental leave

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

Sick leave

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an AI Engineer, Platform Infrastructure, Special Programs to design and build deterministic tooling for cleared engineers at classified sites. You will own deployment generation, CI matrices, and monitoring migrations while integrating with existing Supercompute teams.

The role requires TS clearance, hands-on experience with Go, Python, Kubernetes, and IaC, plus the ability to work extended hours and travel to government sites as needed.

Qualifications

• BS in CS/Math/Engineering or related field.
• 1+ years experience in Go or Python.
• 1+ years experience with Kubernetes or similar tooling.

Responsibilities

• Design and build the deployment generator.
• Create and maintain platform documentation.
• Build the bundle pipeline.
• Implement profile-driven rendering for public cloud, enterprise on-prem, and classified air-gap targets based on profile selection.
• Build and maintain the cross-profile CI matrix.
• Build the testing and validation framework.
• Integrate with the existing Supercompute team's operators, Helm charts, and CRDs by consuming their work as inputs to the generator without modifying production infrastructure.
• Own the monitoring stack migration.

Skills

Go Lang

Python

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, computer engineering, physics, data science, or engineering discipline

Tools

Kubernetes

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an AI Engineer, Platform Infrastructure, Special Programs to design and build deterministic tooling for cleared engineers at classified sites. You will own deployment generation, CI matrices, and monitoring migrations while integrating with existing Supercompute teams.

The role requires TS clearance, hands-on experience with Go, Python, Kubernetes, and IaC, plus the ability to work extended hours and travel to government sites as needed.