Cloud Platform Software Engineer, Groq
$223.6-365.8k
OTE
AI semiconductor chip manufacturer
Job no longer available
AI semiconductor chip manufacturer
201-500 employees
Job no longer available
$223.6-365.8k
OTE
201-500 employees
Company mission
To increase developer velocity in machine learning by leading the way with simple, fast, innovative solutions.
Role
Who you are
- Strong software engineering fundamentals with experience building and operating production infrastructure
- Deep hands-on experience with Kubernetes and proficiency designing Kubernetes-based architectures
- Experience owning Kubernetes environments in production, including deployment, scaling, upgrades, reliability, and troubleshooting
- Experience building software and automation for cloud or infrastructure platforms
- Strong understanding of distributed systems and the reliability and scalability challenges of operating infrastructure at scale
- Experience with cloud infrastructure and modern infrastructure-as-code and automation practices
- Ability to debug complex problems across application, Kubernetes, networking, compute, and infrastructure layers
- Comfortable taking end-to-end ownership of production systems and making pragmatic architectural tradeoffs
- Strong collaborator who can partner across engineering teams and translate their needs into scalable platform solutions
- Motivated by ownership, technical excellence, reliability, and building durable infrastructure
What the job involves
- Own and evolve the Kubernetes platform and adjacent hyperscaler technologies that underpins Groq's cloud infrastructure. You will build reliable, scalable platform capabilities that enable engineering teams to deploy and operate workloads efficiently as Groq's infrastructure grows
- Own the architecture, development, reliability, and evolution of Groq's Kubernetes-based platform
- Design and build Kubernetes-based systems that operate reliably and efficiently at scale
- Build software, automation, and platform capabilities that simplify how workloads are deployed, operated, and scaled
- Improve the resilience, observability, performance, and operational efficiency of the Kubernetes platform
- Identify and eliminate reliability and scalability bottlenecks across clusters and supporting infrastructure
- Own platform capabilities through their full lifecycle, from design and implementation through production operations and continuous improvement
- Partner with software and infrastructure engineers to understand workload requirements and translate them into durable platform capabilities
- Establish and improve Kubernetes engineering patterns, tooling, and operational practices
- Debug complex production issues spanning Kubernetes, distributed systems, networking, compute, and cloud infrastructure
- Help shape the technical direction of the platform as its scale and requirements evolve
Our take
Groq is an exciting semiconductor startup focused on creating advanced chips designed specifically for AI applications. It emerged as a challenger to Nvidia's dominance, by focusing on speed and efficiency for AI deployment.
While Nvidia's GPUs handle both training and running AI models, Groq's LPUs are optimized for inference tasks. This is the execution phase of AI, where outputs are generated after the model is trained. This sharp focus enabled Groq to generate both interest and investment, which has fuelled scaling and deployment efforts.
Playing a significant role in the AI chip market, Groq has partnered with companies like Meta and Samsung, as well as sovereign entities like Saudi Aramco. In 2025, it entered into a non-exclusive licensing agreement with Nvidia, which demonstrates the regard in which its technology is held. It also raised substantial new funding in 2026 which supports its continued growth.
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Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle
Insights
-19% employee growth in 12 months
Company
Funding (last 2 of 7 rounds)
Jun 2026
$650m
GROWTH EQUITY VC
Sep 2025
$750m
LATE VC
Total funding: $2.5bn
Company HQ
Old Mountain View, Mountain View, CA
Leadership
Adam Winter
(Interim CEO)Joined the company as VP/GM in 2024, taking up this interim position in 2026. Previously, Adam was SVP then Advisor at Safe Security, and co-founded ThreeCS. They have also invested in and advised at other startups.
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