Senior Infrastructure Engineer

The Rundown AI, Inc.; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 132,000 - 280,000; Full time

Job summary

A leading AI infrastructure company is seeking a Senior Infrastructure Engineer to join their team. The role focuses on scaling infrastructure for AI workloads, requiring a strong background in Linux, Kubernetes, and coding skills for deployment automation. You'll be tasked with provisioning hardware and collaborating with teams to ensure optimal functionality, offering an exciting opportunity for growth in a dynamic environment.

Qualifications

• Expérience avec systèmes Linux/Kubernetes.
• Compétence dans l'écriture d'outils en Go, Python ou Bash.
• Connaissance des concepts de stockage (block vs object, NFS, RAID).

Responsibilities

• Supporter le provisioning et le déploiement de clusters Kubernetes.
• Écrire et maintenir des scripts pour automatiser les workflows.
• Gérer la configuration de l'infrastructure à l'aide d'outils comme Git et Terraform.

Skills

Linux

Kubernetes

Infrastructure-as-code

Git

Networking fundamentals

Storage concepts

Scripting (Go, Python, Bash)

Tools

Terraform

Flux

Kustomize

Job description

Senior Infrastructure Engineer

Mission:

At Groq, we’re building a custom cloud from the ground up — one data center at a time. Our Infrastructure Platform team owns the systems that turn racks of bare metal into production-ready Kubernetes clusters powering the next generation of AI workloads.

We’re looking for an Infrastructure Engineer to help us scale this effort. This is a hands-on role focused on provisioning, automation, and working closely with our data center and networking teams to bring new sites online. If you’re passionate about infrastructure, enjoy debugging things close to the metal, and want to grow your skills across Linux, Kubernetes, and distributed systems — we’d love to talk.

Responsibilities & opportunities in this role:

• Support the provisioning and deployment of Kubernetes clusters on bare metal servers.
• Help build and maintain tooling for bare metal provisioning — including DHCP, DNS, PXE/iPXE/HTTPBoot, and Talos Linux Machine Configuration.
• Write and maintain scripts and services (Go, Python, Bash) to automate deployment workflows across new and existing sites.
• Partner with data center operations and networking teams to ensure hardware is correctly configured, connected, and ready for use.
• Manage infrastructure configuration using tools like Git, Flux, and Terraform.
• Contribute to system documentation, runbooks, and tooling that makes our infrastructure reliable and repeatable.

Ideal candidates have/are:

• Experience with Linux / Kubernetes systems and comfort working in a terminal.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code and Git-based workflows (e.g., Terraform, Flux, Kustomize).
• Ability to write and maintain basic tooling in Go, Python, or Bash.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (IPAM, VLANs, DHCP, DNS).
• Working knowledge of storage concepts (block vs object, NFS, RAID, etc.).
• Strong sense of ownership and a willingness to dive into hardware, firmware, or low-level provisioning issues.

Nice to Have

• Experience provisioning physical machines in a data center environment.
• Exposure to Talos Linux, Kubernetes bootstrapping, or Kubernetes platform engineering.
• Previous collaboration with facilities, hardware, or network teams in an operational role.

Attributes of a Groqster:

• Humility - Egos are checked at the door
• Collaborative & Team Savvy - We make up the smartest person in the room, together
• Growth & Giver Mindset - Learn it all versus know it all, we share knowledge generously
• Curious & Innovative - Take a creative approach to projects, problems, and design
• Passion, Grit, & Boldness - no limit thinking, fueling informed risk taking

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

Compensation:At Groq, a competitive base salary is part of our comprehensive compensation package, which includes equity and benefits. For this role, the base salary range is $132,100 to $279,800, determined by your skills, qualifications, experience and internal benchmarks.