• 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.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, computer engineering, physics, data science, or engineering discipline. 
• 1+ years of experience in Go Lang.
• 2+ 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 (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.

• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• 20% travel may be required to government sites.
• This position requires successfully obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret Security Clearance as a condition of employment. While the clearance may not be immediately necessary upon hire, we encourage you to initiate the application process promptly upon accepting this offer. Your ability to secure the necessary clearance is essential for fulfilling key responsibilities of the role. Should you be unable to obtain it, SpaceX reserves the right to modify or terminate your employment to align with operational needs.

Pay range:    
Member of Technical Staff: $150,000.00 - $350,000.00/per year    

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.

• Design, build, and optimize integrations between AI frontier models (e.g., Grok family) and government systems, platforms, and data environments.
• Identify pain points, scoping product specifications, and designing and building AI-powered software for government or enterprise use cases.
• Benchmark models and develop evaluation frameworks to assess performance and address weaknesses, ensuring compliance with customer standards.
• Enhancing model performance through system prompt tuning or fine-tuning, with an eye toward secure and scalable deployment.
• Analyze request logs, prompt data, or system outputs to ensure reliability and audibility.
• Build internal tooling to streamline workflows and automate repetitive tasks in secure environments.
• Partner with agency stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype solutions, and iterate rapidly based on real-world feedback.
• Ship production-grade code and features with a bias toward speed, simplicity, and measurable impact.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, computer engineering, physics, or data science.
• 1+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building scalable systems, APIs, or AI/ML applications.
• Active Top-Secret or Top-Secret SCI.

• Demonstrated success working with government agencies, DoD, or federal contractors on AI, software, or data projects.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in environments requiring high reliability or security.
• Expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust, scalable, and secure AI-driven solutions that meet stringent compliance and operational standards.
• Proven experience implementing AI or machine learning products with APIs, back-end systems, and front-end interfaces.
• Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript.
• Strong understanding of the HTTP protocol and secure API design.
• Robust engineering background, preferably in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or Data Science.
• Experience building evaluation frameworks for AI systems and assessing capabilities in regulated or high-stakes contexts.
• Deep understanding of machine learning fundamentals—model evaluation, training, and fine-tuning—with a focus on production-ready deployments.
• History of deploying machine learning models to production, ideally in secure or cloud-based government environments.
• Expertise in writing developer documentation or maintaining SDKs for technical audiences, including government developers.
• Ability to work with massive datasets, optimize system performance, and scale solutions for high-throughput, mission-critical workloads.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Pulumi or Terraform, particularly in secure or government-aligned deployments.
• Adaptability to shifting priorities and requirements in a fast-paced, mission-driven startup setting.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with experience documenting technical solutions for diverse stakeholders.

• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• 20% travel may be required to government sites.

Pay range:    
Member of Technical Staff: $150,000.00 - $350,000.00/per year    

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.

• 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.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, computer engineering, physics, data science, or engineering discipline. 
• 1+ years of experience in Go Lang.
• 2+ 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 (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.

• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• 20% travel may be required to government sites.
• This position requires successfully obtaining and maintaining a Top Secret Security Clearance as a condition of employment. While the clearance may not be immediately necessary upon hire, we encourage you to initiate the application process promptly upon accepting this offer. Your ability to secure the necessary clearance is essential for fulfilling key responsibilities of the role. Should you be unable to obtain it, SpaceX reserves the right to modify or terminate your employment to align with operational needs.

Pay range:    
Member of Technical Staff: $150,000.00 - $350,000.00/per year    

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.

• Design, build, and optimize integrations between AI frontier models (e.g., Grok family) and government systems, platforms, and data environments.
• Identify pain points, scoping product specifications, and designing and building AI-powered software for government or enterprise use cases.
• Benchmark models and develop evaluation frameworks to assess performance and address weaknesses, ensuring compliance with customer standards.
• Enhancing model performance through system prompt tuning or fine-tuning, with an eye toward secure and scalable deployment.
• Analyze request logs, prompt data, or system outputs to ensure reliability and audibility.
• Build internal tooling to streamline workflows and automate repetitive tasks in secure environments.
• Partner with agency stakeholders to understand requirements, prototype solutions, and iterate rapidly based on real-world feedback.
• Ship production-grade code and features with a bias toward speed, simplicity, and measurable impact.

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, mathematics, computer engineering, physics, or data science.
• 1+ years of hands-on software engineering experience building scalable systems, APIs, or AI/ML applications.
• Active Top-Secret or Top-Secret SCI.

• Demonstrated success working with government agencies, DoW, or federal contractors on AI, software, or data projects.
• 6+ years of software engineering experience, ideally in environments requiring high reliability or security.
• Expertise in designing, implementing, and maintaining robust, scalable, and secure AI-driven solutions that meet stringent compliance and operational standards.
• Proven experience implementing AI or machine learning products with APIs, back-end systems, and front-end interfaces.
• Proficiency in Python and/or TypeScript.
• Strong understanding of the HTTP protocol and secure API design.
• Robust engineering background, preferably in fields such as Computer Science, Mathematics, Software Engineering, Physics, or Data Science.
• Experience building evaluation frameworks for AI systems and assessing capabilities in regulated or high-stakes contexts.
• Deep understanding of machine learning fundamentals—model evaluation, training, and fine-tuning—with a focus on production-ready deployments.
• History of deploying machine learning models to production, ideally in secure or cloud-based government environments.
• Expertise in writing developer documentation or maintaining SDKs for technical audiences, including government developers.
• Ability to work with massive datasets, optimize system performance, and scale solutions for high-throughput, mission-critical workloads.
• Familiarity with infrastructure-as-code tools like Pulumi or Terraform, particularly in secure or government-aligned deployments.
• Adaptability to shifting priorities and requirements in a fast-paced, mission-driven startup setting.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in English, with experience documenting technical solutions for diverse stakeholders.
• Active Top-Secret or Top-Secret SCI with a full scope polygraph.

• Must be willing to work extended hours and weekends as needed.
• 20% travel may be required to government sites.

Pay range:    
Member of Technical Staff: $150,000.00 - $350,000.00/per year    

Your actual level and base salary will be determined on a case-by-case basis and may vary based on the following considerations: job-related knowledge and skills, education, and experience.

Base salary is just one part of your total rewards package at SpaceX. You may also be eligible for long-term incentives, in the form of company stock, stock options, or long-term cash awards, as well as potential discretionary bonuses and the ability to purchase additional stock at a discount through an Employee Stock Purchase Plan. You will also receive access to comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, access to a 401(k) retirement plan, short and long-term disability insurance, life insurance, paid parental leave, and various other discounts and perks. You may also accrue 3 weeks of paid vacation and will be eligible for 10 or more paid holidays per year. Employees accrue paid sick leave pursuant to Company policy which satisfies or exceeds the accrual, carryover, and use requirements of the law.