Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer — GPU & On-Prem Clusters

Xapply; Washington (District of Columbia); On-site; USD 165,000 - 265,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical coverage

401(k)

Paid time off

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) to design, operate, and scale GPU/CPU infrastructures supporting critical national security missions. You will deploy on-premise resources, build scalable software, and collaborate across teams to deliver reliable AI clusters.

The role emphasizes Kubernetes, Terraform/Ansible automation, and developing maintainable systems while mentoring junior engineers and guiding technical excellence.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline
• 5+ years of professional experience with Linux operating systems or 7+ years in software/DevOps in lieu of a degree
• 5+ years of experience with Kubernetes
• 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 cluster solutions (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 create scalable, operable products
• Oversee lifecycles from design to deployment and refinement
• Maintain high availability through monitoring and alerting
• Identify improvements and create innovative high-availability solutions
• Mentor and train junior engineers
• Lead the team to technical excellence as a senior engineer

Skills

Kubernetes

Linux

Python

Go

C++

Bash

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/IT/Engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Docker

Bazel

Makefiles

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Senior Software Engineer for AI Infrastructure (Starshield) to design, operate, and scale GPU/CPU infrastructures supporting critical national security missions. You will deploy on-premise resources, build scalable software, and collaborate across teams to deliver reliable AI clusters.

The role emphasizes Kubernetes, Terraform/Ansible automation, and developing maintainable systems while mentoring junior engineers and guiding technical excellence.