Senior AI Infra Engineer: GPU, On-Prem & Kubernetes

InvestedintheMission; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical benefits

401(k) plan

Paid parental leave

Vacation days

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield) in Palo Alto to design, operate and scale on-premise GPU/CPU infrastructure for a national security satellite constellation.

You’ll automate deployments, build scalable Kubernetes AI clusters, and collaborate across engineering teams. The role requires 5+ years in Linux/SRE/DevOps, strong Python/C++/Go development, and experience with Terraform/Ansible.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline with 5+ years of Linux OS experience, or 7+ years in software/DevOps/SRE in lieu of a degree.
• 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes
• 5+ years of experience managing Linux operating systems
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or other infrastructure tools
• Experience with containerization technologies (OCI containers, Kubernetes)
• Experience scripting in Bash, Python, or similar languages
• Development experience in Python, C++, or Go

Responsibilities

• Manage GPU/CPU infrastructure deployments to Top Secret data centers
• Provide support for GPU as a service on bare metal hardware and virtualized platforms
• Design, validate, and productize AI clusters (100k+ GPU scale)
• Develop automation to deploy and manage on-premise Kubernetes/AI clusters and operating systems
• Deploy and manage core infrastructure such as databases, monitoring and distributed storage
• Collaborate with AI engineers to create scalable, operable products
• Oversee the full lifecycle of services from design to deployment and refinement
• Implement monitoring and alerting for high availability
• Identify improvement areas and create innovative solutions for availability
• Mentor and train junior engineers
• Lead the team to technical excellence and guide decisions

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Python

C++

Go

Bash scripting

Python development

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT or related field

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield) in Palo Alto to design, operate and scale on-premise GPU/CPU infrastructure for a national security satellite constellation.

You’ll automate deployments, build scalable Kubernetes AI clusters, and collaborate across engineering teams. The role requires 5+ years in Linux/SRE/DevOps, strong Python/C++/Go development, and experience with Terraform/Ansible.