4 hours ago
Base Salary
$224k - $366k/yr
Responsibilities
- Own the architecture, development, reliability, and evolution of Groq’s Kubernetes-based platform.
- Design and build Kubernetes systems that operate reliably and efficiently at scale.
- Build software, automation, and platform capabilities for deploying, operating, and scaling workloads.
- Improve platform resilience, observability, performance, and operational efficiency.
- Identify and eliminate reliability and scalability bottlenecks across clusters and supporting infrastructure.
- Own platform capabilities from design and implementation through production operations and continuous improvement.
- Partner with software and infrastructure engineers to translate workload requirements into scalable platform capabilities.
- Establish and improve Kubernetes engineering patterns, tooling, and operational practices.
- Debug complex production issues across Kubernetes, distributed systems, networking, compute, and cloud infrastructure.
- Help shape the technical direction of the platform as its scale and requirements evolve.
Requirements
- Strong software engineering fundamentals and experience building and operating production infrastructure.
- Deep hands-on Kubernetes experience and proficiency designing Kubernetes-based architectures.
- Experience owning Kubernetes environments in production, including deployment, scaling, upgrades, reliability, and troubleshooting.
- Experience building software and automation for cloud or infrastructure platforms.
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and the reliability and scalability challenges of operating infrastructure at scale.
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and infrastructure-as-code and automation practices.
- Ability to debug complex problems across application, Kubernetes, networking, compute, and infrastructure layers.
- Ability to take end-to-end ownership of production systems and make pragmatic architectural tradeoffs.
- Strong collaboration skills and ability to translate engineering team needs into scalable platform solutions.
Benefits
- Total cash compensation is described as including potential bonus value, with additional Long-Term Incentive and employee benefits programs; compensation figures are excluded here because the posting does not label them as base pay.
- The role is based in the Dallas, San Francisco, or New York City area, with remote flexibility while the local Groq office is established and an expectation of transitioning onsite once the office opens.
- The role offers mission-driven work, challenging infrastructure problems, and direct influence over the company’s technical trajectory.
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About Groq
Groq designs and operates AI inference hardware and cloud services built around its LPU architecture, aimed at developers and enterprises running large language models and other ML workloads. It generates revenue by selling processors and offering pay-as-you-go inference through its hosted platform and APIs. Founded in 2016 and headquartered in Mountain View, California, the company is privately held.