Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer – GPU & Kubernetes

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

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Paid vacation

Paid holidays

401(k) plan

Shuttle service

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer for AI infrastructure (Starshield) to design, operate and scale GPU and software infrastructure supporting critical national security missions.

You will deploy and optimize on‑prem resources, integrate with AI workloads, and build robust software for high‑reliability systems. You’ll lead GPU deployments, automate Kubernetes clusters, collaborate with AI teams, and mentor junior engineers.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline, and 5+ years of professional experience with Linux; 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).
• Scripting experience 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 and virtualized platforms.
• Design, validate, and productize AI cluster solutions (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.
• Engage in the full lifecycle of services from inception through deployment and refinement.
• Implement monitoring and alerting to ensure high availability.
• Identify areas for improvement and create innovative solutions for high availability.
• Mentor and train junior engineers.
• As a senior engineer, lead the team to technical excellence.

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Sr. Software Engineer for AI infrastructure (Starshield) to design, operate and scale GPU and software infrastructure supporting critical national security missions.

You will deploy and optimize on‑prem resources, integrate with AI workloads, and build robust software for high‑reliability systems. You’ll lead GPU deployments, automate Kubernetes clusters, collaborate with AI teams, and mentor junior engineers.