Senior Staff Software Engineer, GroqCloud

at Groq
USD 248,000-336,000 per year
SENIOR
✅ Remote

SCRAPED

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences ?

Security @ 4 Software Development @ 3 Kubernetes @ 7 Linux @ 7 Prometheus @ 7 Terraform @ 6 Automated Testing @ 4 Python @ 6 CI/CD @ 3 Distributed Systems @ 4 Leadership @ 4 Git @ 3 Networking @ 4 PostgreSQL @ 7 Rust @ 6 Compliance @ 4

Details

Groq delivers fast, efficient AI inference. Our LPU-based system powers GroqCloud™, giving businesses and developers the speed and scale they need. Headquartered in Silicon Valley, we are on a mission to make high-performance AI compute more accessible and affordable. When real-time AI is within reach, anything is possible. Build fast.

Responsibilities

  • Architect and Implement Scalable Systems: Contribute to the design of highly scalable, distributed systems that power Groq Cloud.
  • Cross-Functional Collaboration: Work closely with engineers across the organization to deliver customer-focused features with strong reliability and performance from day one.
  • Systems Optimization: Conduct performance analysis and fine-tuning to achieve exceptional system efficiency. Address complex challenges in latency, throughput, and scalability.
  • Testing and Reliability: Develop robust automated testing frameworks to ensure system quality. Partner with teams to enhance deployment pipelines and observability standards.
  • Innovation and Research: Evaluate and implement emerging technologies to maintain Groq’s competitive edge. Stay ahead of industry trends to drive innovation and growth.
  • Security and Compliance: Uphold stringent security standards to safeguard data. Ensure systems adhere to regulatory compliance and company policies.
  • Incident Response and Continuous Improvement: Operate the code you and your peers write in production, ensuring that thorough post-incident reviews are completed.

Requirements

  • Distributed systems: Extensive experience in designing and building high-performance distributed systems across multiple clouds or data centers.
  • Technical versatility: Proficiency in modern programming languages with a readiness to engage daily with Golang, Rust, Python, C++, Terraform, Flux.
  • Systems expertise: Advanced understanding of Linux, Kubernetes, Cilium (eBPF), Prometheus, PostgreSQL, BigQuery.
  • Network savvy: Robust knowledge in networking, high-performance computing, and observability.
  • Orchestration experience: Many years of orchestrating vast and complex systems.
  • CI/CD obsessed: Strong familiarity with Git and modern GitOps based software development lifecycle practices.
  • Leadership and collaboration: Demonstrated ability to lead initiatives and collaborate effectively.
  • Analytically minded: Skilled in dissecting and resolving multifaceted system and hardware issues.
  • Passion for performance: A passion for obsessing about performance and highly reliable software and hardware.

Benefits

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 $248,000 to $336,000, determined by your skills, qualifications, experience, and internal benchmarks.