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Sr. Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield)

hawthorne, CA

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InvestedintheMission lists this Sr. Software Engineer, AI Infrastructure (Starshield) opportunity in hawthorne, California. Review the employer’s description below for duties, qualifications and application requirements.

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SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.

SR. SOFTWARE ENGINEER, AI INFRASTRUCTURE (STARSHIELD)

At SpaceX we’re leveraging our experience in building rockets and spacecraft to deploy the Starshield constellation. Starshield is the world’s largest US government satellite constellation and is tasked with providing immediate access to critical intelligence and national security data for the US government anywhere on the globe. We design, build, test, and operate all parts of the system – receivers that allow users to connect within minutes, and the software that brings it all together. We’ve only begun to scratch the surface of Starshield's global impact and are looking for best‑in‑class engineers to help us further our ambitious goals.

As an engineer focused on Starshield's software and GPU infrastructure, you will design, operate and scale the infrastructure which supports critical national security missions. These positions cover a variety of areas ranging from Site Reliability Engineering, Developer Operations, and GPU platforms. You will develop automation to deploy and manage on-premise compute resources, create highly scalable and maintainable software products, and directly collaborate with engineering across the board.

RESPONSIBILITIES:

Manage GPU/CPU infrastructure deployments to Top Secret data centers

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

Mentor and train junior engineers

As a senior engineer you must lead the team to technical excellence – your decisions guide the team

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS:

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, information systems/IT, or an engineering discipline and 5+ years of professional experience with Linux operating systems; OR 7+ years of professional experience in software, DevOps, or site reliability engineering in lieu of a degree

5+ year of experience with Kubernetes

5+ year of experience managing Linux operating systems

Experience with Terraform, Ansible, or other infrastructure tools

Experience with containerization technologies (i.e. OCI containers, Kubernetes)

Experience scripting in Bash, Python, or other similar languages

Development experience in Python, C++, or Go

PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE:

5+ years of experience with Python and Python-based development frameworks

Experience managing Kubernetes clusters, not just using them

Knowledge of Linux boot process and systems configuration

Deep understanding of testing, continuous integration, build, deployment & continuous monitoring

Understanding of relevant build technologies, such as Bazel and Makefiles

Focus on performance bottlenecks and performance improvement techniques

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hawthorne, CA, 90250, US

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