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™ Inference Engine. 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 Infrastructure Engineer
Mission: Your mission is to lead the development and implementation of scalable, efficient, and automated systems that support Groq’s software engineering efforts. You will ensure that our build, test, and release processes enable rapid iteration and high-quality software delivery, driving continuous improvement and operational excellence across the organization.
Responsibilities & opportunities in this role:
- Accelerate Build Systems: Drive the evolution of our build systems, reducing wait times, increasing reliability, and ensuring seamless integration with existing tools like GitLab/GitHub, Buildkite and Nix.
- Optimize CI/CD Pipelines: Lead the design and implementation of CI/CD pipelines that provide rapid, reliable feedback on code changes, enabling teams to release high-quality software frequently and confidently.
- Enhance Code Quality: Implement and automate advanced code quality tools, including linting, automated code review, and static analysis, to ensure that high coding standards are consistently met across diverse languages like Haskell, C++, Rust, Go and Python.
- Streamline Dependency Management: Drive initiatives to automate the maintenance and updating of software dependencies, minimizing technical debt and ensuring the security and integrity of our codebase.
- Elevate Source Control Practices: Ensure that source control systems are optimized for ease of use, discoverability, and automation, enabling efficient collaboration across multiple engineering teams.
- Support Hardware-Integrated Testing: Lead the development and management of production-like test environments for Groq hardware, ensuring these environments are highly available, easy to use, and closely aligned with production deployment scenarios.
Ideal candidates have/are:
- Extensive experience in software engineering with a focus on infrastructure, build systems, and automation.
- Proven leadership in designing and implementing CI/CD pipelines, build systems, and other engineering infrastructure.
- Proficiency in programming languages such as Go and Python, with experience in infrastructure and automation.
- Familiarity with GitLab/GitHub and a strong understanding of modern software development practices.
- Experience working with and supporting teams that develop in Haskell, C++, Rust, Go and Python.
- Ability to drive change and improve engineering processes across a diverse set of teams, from Compilers to Hardware and Cloud.
- A passion for enabling engineering teams to deliver high-quality software faster and more reliably, with a strong focus on testing and continual improvement.
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 $156,000 - $272,000 CAD, 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.
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