Lead AI Infra Architect for Scalable GPU Training

SpaceXAI

Palo Alto, Seattle (CA, WA)

On-site

USD 220,000 - 357,000

Full time

6 days ago
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Job summary

SpaceXSI is seeking a Lead Engineer for AI infrastructure in Palo Alto to architect, implement, and maintain the software framework that trains Grok models on massive GPU clusters. You will lead a small team, drive reliability, fault tolerance, throughput, security, and developer experience while shipping scalable infrastructure.

The role demands strong C/C++ systems programming skills, hands-on leadership, and collaboration with model, kernel, and hardware engineers to realize the Grok

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in a technical discipline is required.
  • Hands-on systems programming in C or C++.
  • Experience with large-scale GPU clusters is a plus.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and maintain software infrastructure for training Grok models on GPU clusters.
  • Provide technical direction for future training architectures and hardware designs.
  • Collaborate with model, kernel, network, and hardware engineers, plus site ops.
  • Develop prototypes to prove design concepts and quantify constraints.
  • Lead team planning with stakeholders to set milestones and execute.

Skills

C/C++ programming
Systems programming
Performance optimization
Debugging
Distributed compute knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/Engineering/Math

Job description

SpaceXSI is seeking a Lead Engineer for AI infrastructure in Palo Alto to architect, implement, and maintain the software framework that trains Grok models on massive GPU clusters. You will lead a small team, drive reliability, fault tolerance, throughput, security, and developer experience while shipping scalable infrastructure.

The role demands strong C/C++ systems programming skills, hands-on leadership, and collaboration with model, kernel, and hardware engineers to realize the Grok

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