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Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Platform

Groq
Mountain View, CA Full Time
POSTED ON 2/24/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/7/2025

At Groq. We believe in an AI economy powered by human agency. We envision a world where AI is accessible to all, a world that demands processing power that is better, faster, and more affordable than is available today. AI applications are currently constrained by the limitations of the Graphics Processing Unit (GPU), a technology originally developed for the gaming market and soon to become the weakest link in the AI economy.

Enter Groq's LPU™ AI Inference Technology. Specifically engineered for the demands of large language models (LLMs), the Language Processing Unit outpaces the GPU in speed, power, efficiency, and cost-effectiveness. The quickest way to understand the opportunity is to watch the following talk - groq.link / scspdemo .

Why join Groq? AI will change humanity forever, and we believe preservation of human agency and self determination is only possible if AI is made affordably and universally accessible. Groq's LPUs will power AI from an early stage, and you will get to leave your fingerprint on civilization.

Principal Software Engineer, Infrastructure Platform

Mission : The Infrastructure Platform team's mission is to design, develop, and deliver high-quality software that enables the provisioning and management of Groq hardware, and related support systems, at a massive scale.

The team : The infrastructure platform team builds the Datacenter Infrastructure Management, inventory management, container & inference orchestration, observability and monitoring, and datacenter operations tooling that all work together in order to support Groq's inferencing hardware at massive scale. Your mission is to ensure the reliability, scalability, and performance of Groq's tools and services for provisioning and managing the full lifecycle of Groq hardware and related support systems.

Responsibilities :

  • Software Architecture : Design and implement scalable and maintainable systems using advanced system and application architecture patterns and technologies.
  • Cloud-Native Development : Develop cloud-native software applications with an agnosticism of programming language and framework.
  • API Design and Development : Design and develop APIs that provide a scalable and secure interface for interacting with Groq's infrastructure. Implement security and authentication, developer tooling and experiences, and instrumentation and observability to make Groq's API best-in-industry.
  • Testing and Validation : Develop and implement automated testing frameworks and test suites to ensure software quality and reliability. Write tests at all levels and scopes of Groq's systems using best practices and pragmatic, scalable testing philosophy.

Ideal candidates have :

  • 10 years of experience in software engineering
  • 5 years of experience in Kubernetes (on-prem preferred) environments
  • Kubernetes-native experience maintaining and managing a Kubernetes clusters, developing custom operators and controllers
  • Polyglot language skills with experience in a variety of languages such as Go, Python, Java and Typescript.
  • Experience or expertise in tenets of Site Reliability
  • Strong knowledge of incident management processes to resolve issues quickly and maintain system uptime.
  • Excellent communication and teamwork skills with the ability to collaborate effectively across engineering teams.
  • Nice to Have :

  • Proven DCIM experience to manage and optimize on-prem environments.
  • Building datacenter provisioning systems
  • Attributes of a Groqster :

  • Humility - Egos are checked at the door
  • Collaborative & Team Savvy - We make up the smartest person in the room, together
  • Growth & Giver Mindset - Learn it all versus know it all, we share knowledge generously
  • Curious & Innovative - Take a creative approach to projects, problems, and design
  • Passion, Grit, & Boldness - no limit thinking, fueling informed risk taking
  • If this sounds like you, we'd love to hear from you!

    Compensation : At Groq, a competitive base salary is part of our comprehensive compensation package, which includes equity and benefits. For this role, the base salary range is $208,800 to $420,400, determined by your skills, qualifications, experience and internal benchmarks.

    Location : Groq is a geo-agnostic company, meaning you work where you are. Exceptional candidates will thrive in asynchronous partnerships and remote collaboration methods. Some roles may require being located near our primary sites, as indicated in the job description.

    At Groq : Our goal is to hire and promote an exceptional workforce as diverse as the global populations we serve. Groq is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging in all aspects of our organization. We value and celebrate diversity in thought, beliefs, talent, expression, and backgrounds. We know that our individual differences make us better.

    Groq is an Equal Opportunity Employer that is committed to inclusion and diversity. Qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability or protected veteran status. We also take affirmative action to offer employment opportunities to minorities, women, individuals with disabilities, and protected veterans.

    Groq is committed to working with qualified individuals with physical or mental disabilities. Applicants who would like to contact us regarding the accessibility of our website or who need special assistance or a reasonable accommodation for any part of the application or hiring process may contact us at : talent@groq.com. This contact information is for accommodation requests only. Evaluation of requests for reasonable accommodations will be determined on a case-by-case basis.

    Salary : $208,800 - $420,400

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