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We're a small engineering team designing a custom chip. The work is compute-heavy and tooling-heavy: hermetic builds, large verification jobs, custom developer environments, a self-hosted CI fleet, and a steadily growing collection of internal services that engineers depend on every day. The infrastructure that supports all of this — CI/CD, compute, shared filesystems, networking, internal tooling — already exists and has a system owner. We're hiring a second infrastructure engineer to broaden our capacity and add depth in areas adjacent to what we already have.
We're looking for a strong generalist with a network and systems bent. Someone who's comfortable debugging a Linux kernel issue in the morning, untangling a cloud networking problem at lunch, and writing a new MCP server for an unfamiliar protocol in the afternoon.
Diagnose and fix issues across the OS, network, and cloud stack
Reason about routing, DNS, firewalls, VPCs, private connectivity, and trust boundaries
Track down "permission denied" that's actually a mount option, or "build is slow" that's actually a metadata-server timeout
Improve, harden, and extend the network and host configuration we already have
Write internal tools, scripts, and small services that make the engineering team faster
Pick up unfamiliar protocols and codebases and ship working integrations against them
Pair with the system owner on compute, CI, shared storage, developer VMs, and the Terraform-managed cloud setup; take ownership of areas as you grow into them, and cover when they're out
Execute and review production changes carefully — a bad apply can take down the shared filesystem
Onboard new hires and debug their environment problems
Solve the kind of problems that start with "X is broken" and end with a fix three layers down the stack
We care more about instincts and pattern recognition than a checklist of tools. The right person has seen enough systems like ours to know which questions to ask
You can debug from userspace down to syscalls and routing tables, and you've spent enough time with namespaces, mounts, and process semantics to recognize their failure modes on sight
VPCs, DNS, firewalls, shared filesystems, private connectivity. Has opinions on when to reach for peering vs a private-service endpoint vs an identity-aware proxy vs an overlay network — and can articulate which choices expand the trust boundary and which don't
You don't need a paved path to make progress. You'll learn enough of a build system to debug a remote-cache miss, ship a small service against a protocol you've never seen, or read upstream source to verify a claim — preferring the source over the docs when it matters
When introducing a new module or tool, reads a few siblings first to pick up conventions. Spots and questions inherited patterns that don't apply to the new use case
Reasons about who can talk to what, what gets cached and trusted by whom, and the blast radius when something goes wrong. Distinguishes load-bearing security choices from defense-in-depth
Reasons about apply ordering, coordination windows, and "what fails first if X is misconfigured"
Knows the rebase tooling well enough that rewriting a branch isn't scary. Splits unrelated work into separate PRs. Never resorts to --no-verify or destructive shortcuts to make a problem go away
GCP depth specifically: IAM, managed compute, identity-aware proxies
Bazel and remote build/cache internals; buildbarn or equivalent
Operating batch compute or job schedulers — HPC, Slurm, Nomad, Kubernetes batch, or similar
Working understanding of token-based auth and cloud identity flows
Rust or Python scripting for tooling (not product code)
EDA/semiconductor tool chain familiarity (Synopsys, Cadence)
Managing fleets at the OS level: policies, images, package distribution
You don’t need to write RTL or understand hardware architect but this is a plus
You don't need to be a product-software engineer — but you should be able to read a build rule, a Rust error message, or a CI workflow and figure out what went wrong, and write small tools or services when the team needs. This is another plus
The US base salary for this full-time position is determined based on a variety of factors including role, experience, location, job related skills, and relevant education and training. Career length is a guideline for compensation.
Early Career - $160,000 - $275,000 + equity
Mid Career - $175,000 - $400,000 + equity
Senior Career - $250,000 - $600,000 + equity
As part of our dedication to the diversity of our team and our focus on creating an inviting and inclusive work experience, MatX is committed to a policy of Equal Employment Opportunity and will not discriminate against an applicant or employee on the basis of race, color, religion, creed, national origin or ancestry, sex, gender, gender identity, gender expression, sexual orientation, age, physical or mental disability, medical condition, marital/domestic partner status, military and veteran status, genetic information or any other legally recognized protected basis under federal, state or local laws, regulations or ordinances.
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This position requires access to information that is subject to U.S. export controls. This offer of employment is contingent upon the applicant's capacity to perform job functions in compliance with U.S. export control laws without obtaining a license from U.S. export control authorities.
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MatX does not accept unsolicited resumes from individual recruiters or third-party recruiting agencies in response to job postings. No fee will be paid to third parties who submit unsolicited candidates directly to our hiring managers or People team and any resumes submitted are deemed to be the property of MatX.
PTO (accrued) + 12 company Holidays + up to 3 weeks remote work
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What is the salary for this role?
The salary for this role is $160,000 - $275,000 per annum.
What experience is required?
This position is open to freshers and experienced candidates.
Is this position still open?
Yes, currently active and accepting applications.
Infrastructure Engineer
Matx · Mountain View (HQ) or Remote
