Lead Engineer, AI Infrastructure (C++, C)

LEAD ENGINEER, AI INFRASTRUCTURE (C++, C)

The Grok training program is looking for a lead software engineer on the AI infrastructure team. You will lead the team that architects, implements, and maintains the software infrastructure responsible for training grok models on hundreds of thousands or millions of GPUs.

The success of Grok depends on the quality of the software that you and your team produce, including reliability, fault tolerance, throughput, security, and developer experience. You are the engineer that other engineers count on; you are technical, you tackle every problem with enthusiasm; you remove hurdles. You are a self-starter and a team player. We are seeking a talented lead software engineer to join us in making our vision a reality.

Develop reliable, performant, and maintainable software responsible for training Grok models in our world-class compute clusters

Provide technical direction for future training architectures and hardware designs

Work closely with other model engineers, kernel engineers, network engineers, hardware design engineers, platform engineers, and site ops engineers

Develop prototypes to prove out key design concepts and quantify technical constraints

Lead planning efforts for the team, working with key stakeholders in other teams and management to develop milestones and execute to them

Bachelor’s degree in computer science, engineering, math, or technical discipline

Hands-on systems programming experience in C or C++

Developed, debugged, and and deployed software that has been used in real world applications/projects

3+ years of software engineering experience OR 1+ years of C/C++ experience at SpaceX

Solid fundamental knowledge of NVL72 GB300 racks, computer architecture, networking, math, and physics

Strong skills in modelling, debugging, performance optimization, and unit testing

Creative approach to problem solving, exceptional analytical skills and engineering fundamentals

$220,000 - $357,000 USD