SRE for AI GPU Infrastructure

SPACE EXPLORATION TECHNOLOGIES CORP; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 195,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Stock options

401(k)

Medical, vision, dental

Paid parental leave

Vacation and holidays

Sick leave

Job summary

SpaceX is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to design, operate, and scale AI infrastructure for Starshield. You will manage GPU services on bare metal and virtual platforms, build automation for on-prem Kubernetes/AI clusters, and collaborate across teams to ensure highly available systems.

The role demands strong Linux, Python/C++, and Terraform/Ansible experience, with security clearances and travel as needed. SpaceX offers a comprehensive benefits package.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline with 1+ years of professional SRE/DevOps experience; or 3+ years of experience in lieu of a degree.
• 1+ years of professional experience with Linux operating systems.
• Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or other infrastructure tools.
• Experience with containerization technologies (e.g. OCI containers, Kubernetes).
• Experience scripting in Bash, Python, or other similar languages.
• Development experience in Python, C++, or Go.

Responsibilities

• Manage and provide support for GPU as a service for external customers on bare metal hardware 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 operating systems.
• Deploy and manage core infrastructure such as databases, monitoring and distributed storage.
• Closely collaborate with AI engineers to create highly scalable, operable, and maintainable products.
• Engage in and improve the whole lifecycle of services -- from inception and design, through deployment, operation and refinement.
• Monitoring and alerting supporting systems to have high availability.
• Identify areas for improvement and create innovative solutions that enable high system availability.

Skills

GPU

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Linux

Bash

Python

C++

Go

Networking

Education

Bachelor’s degree in computer science/engineering

Tools

Terraform

Ansible

Kubernetes

Job description

SpaceX is seeking an experienced Site Reliability Engineer to design, operate, and scale AI infrastructure for Starshield. You will manage GPU services on bare metal and virtual platforms, build automation for on-prem Kubernetes/AI clusters, and collaborate across teams to ensure highly available systems.

The role demands strong Linux, Python/C++, and Terraform/Ansible experience, with security clearances and travel as needed. SpaceX offers a comprehensive benefits package.