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Agent guide: [/agents.md](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/agents.md). --- # AI Engineer, Platform Infrastructure, Special Programs - **Company:** Space Exploration Technologies Corp. - **Location:** Palo Alto, CA, United States - **Salary:** $125,000.0 - $220,000.0 - **Contract:** Permanent contract - **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Nvidia CUDA, Computer Engineering, Linux, Github, Image Management, InfiniBand, Python (Programming Language), Pulumi, Kubernetes Helm Charts, Build Management, Kubernetes, Information Technology, Deployment Automation, Bare Metal, Hardware Infrastructure, Terraform - **Published:** September 23, 2026 - **Apply:** https://www.themuse.com/jobs/spacex/ai-engineer-platform-infrastructure-special-programs ## About the Role * Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, computer engineering, physics, data science, or engineering discipline. * 1+ years of experience in Go Lang and/or Python. * 1+ years of experience working with Kubernetes or similar tooling for automating, developing and scaling containerized applications. PREFERRED SKILLS AND EXPERIENCE: * Ability to obtain and maintain a Top Secret or Top Secret SCI clearance. * Experience building CI/CD pipelines and deployment automation (Buildkite, GitHub Actions, or equivalent). * Familiarity with container image management. * Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code (Pulumi or Terraform) and understanding of state management tradeoffs. * Understanding of Linux systems. * Experience building air-gapped or disconnected deployment tooling where all dependencies must be pre-staged. * Familiarity with GPU infrastructure, including NVIDIA drivers, CUDA, NCCL, InfiniBand/RoCE networking. * Experience with PXE boot, cloud-init, squashfs, or other bare metal provisioning technologies. * Own the bare metal provisioning pipeline., * To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here. ## Description * Design and build the deployment generator. * Create and maintain platform documentation. * Build the bundle pipeline. * Implement profile-driven rendering for public cloud, enterprise on-prem, and classified air-gap targets based on profile selection. * Build and maintain the cross-profile CI matrix. * Build the testing and validation framework. * Integrate with the existing Supercompute team's operators, Helm charts, and CRDs by consuming their work as inputs to the generator without modifying production infrastructure. * Own the monitoring stack migration. ## Related Videos - [Innovating Developer Tools with AI: Insights from GitHub Next](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1268-innovating-developer-tools-with-ai-insights-from-github-next) - [Why segmenting your infrastructure into tiers makes your infrastructure design better](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1960-why-segmenting-your-infrastructure-into-tiers-makes-your-infrastructure-design-better) - [Docker network without Docker](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1418-docker-network-without-docker) - [Shipping Faster with Less: Render on Cloud Hosting, AI Workloads, and the Future of DevOps](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1894-shipping-faster-with-less-render-on-cloud-hosting-ai-workloads-and-the-future-of-devops) - [Unleashing Potential Across Teams: The Power of Infrastructure as Code](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/930-unleashing-potential-across-teams-the-power-of-infrastructure-as-code) - [Bringing AI Model Testing and Prompt Management to Your Codebase with GitHub Models](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/videos/1536-bringing-ai-model-testing-and-prompt-management-to-your-codebase-with-github-models) ## Related Articles - [Highest Paying Tech Companies for Developers](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/220-highest-paying-tech-companies-for-developers) - [Best US AI Conferences for CTOs in 2026: Build vs. Buy, Vendor Evaluation, and Peer Intelligence](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/736-best-us-ai-conferences-for-ctos-in-2026-build-vs-buy-vendor-evaluation-and-peer-intelligence) - [Stephan Gillich - Bringing AI Everywhere](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/489-stephan-gillich-bringing-ai-everywhere) - [How We Built a Worry-Free System That Runs for 10+ Years – And What We’d Do Again](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/751-how-we-built-a-worry-free-system-that-runs-for-10-years-and-what-we-d-do-again) - [How we Build The Software of Tomorrow](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/120-how-we-build-the-software-of-tomorrow) - [How to Become an AI Engineer](https://www.wearedevelopers.com/magazine/331-how-to-become-an-ai-engineer)