The opportunity
SpaceX was founded under the belief that a future where humanity is out exploring the stars is fundamentally more exciting than one where we are not. Today SpaceX is actively developing the technologies to make this possible, with the ultimate goal of enabling human life on Mars.
What you'll do
Define and drive the long-term technical vision and architecture for SpaceX’s: AI platform and security infrastructure
Lead high-impact initiatives with full ownership over strategy, design,: implementation, and successful company-wide rollout
Oversee onboarding of frontier models, massive compute scaling, and: continuous optimization of proxy systems for security, efficiency, logging, and control
Lead adoption efforts at scale: establishing standards, mentoring senior engineers, building reusable assets, and driving cultural change toward AI-first workflows
Proactively identify and execute on the highest-leverage opportunities to: turn ideas into production software, trained models, and automated systems with managed, reliable compute
Invent and scale advanced risk-mitigation capabilities (AI code review,: automated PR tools, safety systems) that protect and accelerate the business
What they're looking for
- Establish best practices and technical direction for lean, secure, and: maximally effective applied AI across the company
- Serve as a key technical advisor and collaborator with leadership and: cross-functional teams to align platform capabilities with SpaceX’s most ambitious goals
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science, computer engineering, or other: engineering discipline and 7+ years of professional experience building and scaling production platforms; OR 9+ years of professional experience building and scaling production platforms in lieu of a degree
- Experience designing and operating large-scale AI/ML platforms, internal: developer platforms, or mission-critical infrastructure
