SpaceX

Sr. AI Engineer, Platform Infrastructure, Special Programs

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5 months ago
Palo Alto, CA, USASenior
H1B sponsor

Base Salary

$220k - $350k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Design and build the deployment generator.
  • Create and maintain platform documentation.
  • Build the bundle pipeline.
  • Implement profile-driven rendering for public cloud, enterprise on-premises, and classified air-gapped targets.
  • Build and maintain the cross-profile CI matrix.
  • Build the testing and validation framework.
  • Integrate Supercompute operators, Helm charts, and CRDs as generator inputs without modifying production infrastructure.
  • Own the monitoring-stack migration and bare-metal provisioning pipeline.

Requirements

  • Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, computer engineering, physics, data science, or an engineering discipline.
  • At least five years of experience with Go and/or Python.
  • At least five years of experience working with Kubernetes or similar tooling for automating, developing, and scaling containerized applications.
  • Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance.
  • Experience with CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation, such as Buildkite or GitHub Actions.
  • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Pulumi or Terraform and understanding of state-management tradeoffs.
  • Understanding of Linux systems and experience building air-gapped or disconnected deployment tooling.
  • Familiarity with GPU infrastructure, including NVIDIA drivers, CUDA, NCCL, and InfiniBand/RoCE networking.
  • Experience with PXE boot, cloud-init, squashfs, or other bare-metal provisioning technologies.
  • Must satisfy applicable ITAR eligibility requirements or obtain required U.S. Department of State authorizations.
  • Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed; travel to government sites may be required.

Benefits

  • Comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage.
  • 401(k) retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, and life insurance.
  • Paid parental leave, employee discounts, and other perks.
  • Approximately three weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays annually.
  • Paid sick leave under company policy.
  • 20% travel may be required to government sites.
  • May involve extended hours and weekends as needed.

Tech Stack

BuildkiteGitHub ActionsGoHelmKubernetesLinuxPythonTerraform

Categories

SpaceX

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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