Site Reliability Engineer: AI GPU Infra & On-Prem Clusters

Spacex; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

Medical, vision & dental

401(k)

Paid parental leave

Generous PTO

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for Starshield to design, operate, and scale GPU infrastructure and on‑prem AI clusters. You will collaborate with AI teams to build highly scalable, maintainable products and ensure mission-critical reliability.

Required skills include Linux, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and programming in Python/C++/Go. Willingness to pursue security clearance and work extended hours is expected.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in CS/IT/engineering with 1+ years in SRE/DevOps, or 3+ years in lieu of degree.
• 1+ years of Linux experience.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or similar tools.
• Experience with containerization (OCI, Kubernetes).
• Scripting in Bash or Python.
• Development experience in Python, C++, or Go.

Responsibilities

• Manage and provide support for GPU as a service on bare metal and virtualized platforms.
• Design, validate, and productize solutions for AI clusters (100k+ GPU scale).
• Develop automation to deploy and manage on‑premise Kubernetes AI clusters and OSes.
• Deploy and manage core infrastructure such as databases, monitoring and storage.
• Collaborate with AI engineers to create scalable, operable products.
• Improve the lifecycle of services from inception to refinement.
• Implement monitoring and alerting for high availability
• Identify areas for improvement and create innovative solutions for reliability.

Skills

Linux

Python

C++

Go

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Bash

DevOps

TCP/IP

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science or related field

Tools

Kubernetes

Terraform

Ansible

Linux

Job description

SpaceX is seeking a Site Reliability Engineer for Starshield to design, operate, and scale GPU infrastructure and on‑prem AI clusters. You will collaborate with AI teams to build highly scalable, maintainable products and ensure mission-critical reliability.

Required skills include Linux, Kubernetes, Terraform, Ansible, and programming in Python/C++/Go. Willingness to pursue security clearance and work extended hours is expected.