Groq
Staff Infrastructure Engineer, Networking (Groq Metal)
San Francisco, USA · Staff+
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About the role
- You'll have the flexibility to work remotely while we establish our local Groq office, with the expectation that this role will transition to onsite once the office opens.
- Datacenter networking fabric- leaf/spine, BGP, ECMP, RoCE, congestion control, tenant traffic isolation, IPAM, switch automation.
Responsibilities
- Every teammate is handpicked with intention because who we build what matters.
- Builders Wanted: You're not just riding the rocket ship, you're building it.
Requirements
- Required 8+ years in production infrastructure, with at least 3 years owning bare-metal lifecycle at scale.
- Production Kubernetes operations experience - cluster bring-up, CNI internals, fleet upgrades.
- Comfort with infrastructure-as-code (Terraform, Helm) and GitOps.
- The person hired for this role must be based in one of these three areas.
Compensation
- Groq is committed to providing competitive compensation through our Total Cash philosophy, which incorporates potential bonus value directly into base pay.
- The total cash salary ranges for this position, which is inclusive of the potential bonus value, is dependent by level: - Staff: $270,400 - $365,000 - Sr Staff: $341,400 - $401,600 Individual placement within these ranges is determined by your geographic location, experience, skills, and alignment with internal compensation standards.
- Compensation for international candidates will vary based on local market dynamics.
- Beyond cash compensation, Groq currently offers a quarterly bonus as an interim alternative to equity, with plans to introduce long term incentive program participation in the near term future.
Benefits
- Compensation: Groq is committed to providing competitive compensation through our Total Cash philosophy, which incorporates potential bonus value directly into base pay.
Company info
- New datacenter bring-up- turn "rack lands on the floor" into "production capacity available to customers" as a repeatable, automated workflow.
- Our mission fuels everything we do.
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