SpaceX

Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield)

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6 hours ago
Palo Alto, CA, USAEntry Level
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$125k - $195k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Manage GPU and CPU infrastructure deployments to Top Secret data centers.
  • Support GPU-as-a-service platforms for external customers on bare-metal and virtualized infrastructure.
  • Design, validate, and productize AI cluster solutions at 100,000+ GPU scale.
  • Develop automation for deploying and managing on-premise Kubernetes and AI clusters and operating systems.
  • Deploy and manage databases, monitoring systems, and distributed storage.
  • Collaborate with AI engineers to build scalable, operable, and maintainable products.
  • Manage services throughout their lifecycle from design and deployment through operation and refinement.
  • Improve monitoring, alerting, performance, and system availability.

Requirements

  • Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or engineering plus at least one year of professional site reliability engineering or DevOps experience, or three years of such experience in lieu of a degree.
  • At least one year of professional experience with Linux operating systems.
  • Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or comparable infrastructure tools.
  • Experience with containerization technologies such as OCI containers and Kubernetes.
  • Scripting experience in Bash, Python, or similar languages.
  • Development experience in Python, C++, or Go.
  • Preferred qualifications include Python-based development, Kubernetes cluster management, Linux boot and systems configuration, testing and continuous integration, build and deployment technologies, performance optimization, distributed databases, large-scale server automation, TCP/IP networking, cloud virtualization, and NVIDIA GPU deployment stacks.
  • Applicants must be willing to work extended hours and weekends and travel domestically and globally as needed.
  • Applicants must obtain and maintain a Top Secret security clearance and meet the stated ITAR eligibility or authorization requirements.

Benefits

  • Base salary range is $125,000.00-$195,000.00 depending on level, knowledge, skills, education, and experience.
  • Eligible employees may receive stock or long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and access to an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
  • Benefits include medical, vision, dental, 401(k), disability and life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, approximately three weeks of vacation, paid holidays, and paid sick leave.
  • Employees with an active clearance may receive a 10% differential up to an additional $20,000 annually after being briefed into a classified program.
  • The role may require extended hours, weekend work, and domestic or global travel.

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About SpaceX

10,000+ employees

SpaceX designs, manufactures, and launches orbital rockets and spacecraft, and operates Starlink, a global satellite internet network for consumers, businesses, and governments. Its revenue comes from commercial and government launch services (Falcon 9/Falcon Heavy, Dragon cargo and crew to the ISS) and subscription broadband with Starlink hardware and service. Founded in 2002 and headquartered in Hawthorne, California, the privately held company serves NASA and commercial satellite operators, building most systems in-house.

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