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Infrastructure Engineer (Boston and Bay Area)

Lightmatter
Boston, MA Full Time
POSTED ON 4/13/2025
AVAILABLE BEFORE 5/4/2025

Lightmatter is leading the revolution in AI data center infrastructure, enabling the next giant leaps in human progress. The company invented the world's first 3D-stacked photonics engine, Passage™, capable of connecting thousands to millions of processors at the speed of light in extreme-scale data centers for the most advanced AI and HPC workloads.

Lightmatter raised $400 million in its Series D round, reaching a valuation of $4.4 billion. We will continue to accelerate the development of data center photonics and grow every department at Lightmatter!

If you're passionate about tackling complex challenges, making an impact, and being an expert in your craft, join our team of brilliant scientists, engineers, and accomplished industry leaders.

Lightmatter is (re)inventing the future of computing with light!

As an infrastructure engineer, you will play a critical role in developing, managing, deploying, and supporting the infrastructure used by Lightmatter as the company develops the next generation of computing technology. This role will put you at the intersection of hardware and software, and the forefront of the emerging field of photonic computing.

Come and help us build high-performance photonic systems. In this role, you will be responsible for deploying and providing support for critical compute, storage, networking, and tooling infrastructure for Lightmatter.

Responsibilities

  • Evolve the infrastructure : Develop and manage our compute, storage, and networking infrastructure to meet the evolving needs of our R&D, engineering, sales, and operations teams.
  • Support end-to-end Infrastructure at Lightmatter : Maintain Lightmatter's infrastructure strategy and security, interfacing with 3rd party service providers as needed, to ensure a best-in-class experience for all Lightmatter employees.
  • Collaborate with EDA companies : Work closely with Electronic Design Automation (EDA) companies to provide Lightmatter engineers with best-in-class tools and support.
  • Support innovative methodologies and flows : Assist in the automation, development, deployment, and support of innovative verification, physical design methodology, and CAD flows.
  • Manage tools and licenses : Oversee the management of tool licenses and versions, ensuring that any tool-related issues are quickly and efficiently resolved.
  • Partner with internal and external teams : Collaborate with our internal infrastructure team and cloud partners to ensure that all Lightmatter teams receive effective support when issues arise.
  • Work with the infrastructure leadership team to identify improvements in Infrastructure as LM grows

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Software, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering or related field
  • A minimum of 5 years of industry experience in cloud development or networking
  • Must have 3 years of experience scripting or programming in Python
  • Proven track record in developing and deploying secure compute, storage, and networking infrastructure in a cloud environment.
  • Demonstrated experience in building strong relationships, working closely with external partners developing, and supporting infrastructure, flows, CAD and EDA tools.
  • Proficient in software development with exposure to hardware design such as Design Verification and Physical Design methodologies
  • Preferred Qualifications

  • Master's degree in Software, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering
  • Electronic Design Automation (EDA) experience such as managing tools, scripting, writing wrappers, and creating automation on top of tools
  • Familiar with scripting or programming in Bash and Terraform
  • Experience working in a startup environment and in the semiconductor industry
  • We offer competitive compensation. The base salary range for this role determined based on location, experience, educational background, and market data.

    Salary Range

    135,000-$175,000 USD

    Benefits

  • Comprehensive Health Care Plan (Medical, Dental & Vision)
  • Retirement Savings Matching Program
  • Life Insurance (Basic, Voluntary & AD&D)
  • Generous Time Off (Vacation, Sick & Public Holidays)
  • Paid Family Leave
  • Short Term & Long Term Disability
  • Training & Development
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Flexible, hybrid workplace model
  • Equity grants
  • Lightmatter recruits, employs, trains, compensates, and promotes regardless of race, religion, color, national origin, sex, disability, age, veteran status, and other protected status as required by applicable law.

    Salary : $135,000 - $175,000

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