Senior AI Infra Engineer: GPU & On-Prem Kubernetes

Linuxconfig; Redmond (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 270,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k) retirement plan

Medical, vision, dental coverage

Paid time off and holidays

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield) in Redmond, WA to design, operate, and scale GPU-backed AI infrastructure supporting critical national security missions.

The role encompasses building automated on-premise Kubernetes clusters, managing GPU services, and collaborating with AI engineers to deliver highly scalable software products. Expect to mentor junior engineers and drive technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline and 5+ years of professional experience with Linux operating systems; OR 7+ years in lieu of a degree
• 5+ year of experience with Kubernetes
• 5+ year of experience managing Linux operating systems
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or other infrastructure tools
• Experience with containerization technologies (i.e. OCI containers, Kubernetes)
• Experience scripting in Bash, Python, or other similar languages
• Development experience in Python, C++, or Go
• Preferred: 5+ years of experience with Python and Python-based development frameworks
• Knowledge of Linux boot process and systems configuration
• Testing, CI, build, deployment & monitoring familiarity
• Build technologies like Bazel and Makefiles
• Experience automating thousands of servers (Terraform/Ansible)
• Strong TCP/IP networking knowledge
• Cloud virtualization experience
• Excellent communications skills
• Active security clearance requirements

Responsibilities

• Manage and provide support for GPU as a service on bare metal hardware 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 OSes
• Deploy and manage core infrastructure such as databases, monitoring and distributed storage
• Collaborate with AI engineers to deliver scalable, operable products
• Oversee lifecycle of services from design to deployment and refinement
• Implement monitoring and alerting for high availability
• Identify improvement opportunities and implement innovative solutions
• Mentor and train junior engineers
• Lead the team to technical excellence and strategic direction

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Terraform

Ansible

OCI containers

Bash

Python

C++

Go

GPGPU/AI infra

Education

Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

OCI containers

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield) in Redmond, WA to design, operate, and scale GPU-backed AI infrastructure supporting critical national security missions.

The role encompasses building automated on-premise Kubernetes clusters, managing GPU services, and collaborating with AI engineers to deliver highly scalable software products. Expect to mentor junior engineers and drive technical excellence.