Sr. AI Engineer, Compute Infrastructure

Responsibilities

• Design and build a 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 with existing operators, Helm charts, and CRDs as inputs to the generator without modifying production infrastructure.
• Own the monitoring stack migration.
• Own the bare-metal provisioning pipeline.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science, mathematics, computer engineering, physics, data science, or an engineering discipline.
• At least 5 years of experience with Go and/or Python.
• At least 5 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 building CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation using Buildkite, GitHub Actions, or equivalent.
• Familiarity with container image management.
• Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code using Pulumi or Terraform and understanding of state-management tradeoffs.
• Understanding of Linux systems.
• Experience building air-gapped or disconnected deployment tooling with pre-staged dependencies.
• 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.
• Willingness to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• Ability to travel approximately 20% to government sites.
• Must successfully obtain and maintain a Top Secret Security Clearance as a condition of employment.
• Must satisfy applicable ITAR eligibility or obtain required authorizations.

Benefits

• Base salary range is $220,000-$350,000 per year.
• Potential eligibility for company stock, stock options, long-term cash awards, discretionary bonuses, and an Employee Stock Purchase Plan.
• Medical, vision, and dental coverage.
• 401(k) retirement plan, short- and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, discounts, and other perks.
• Approximately three weeks of paid vacation and 10 or more paid holidays per year.
• Paid sick leave under company policy.
• The role may require 20% travel to government sites and extended hours or weekends as needed.