Director of Engineering, Compute - Groq

Director of Engineering, Compute

Mission: Lead the Compute team in building and operating the world’s largest hyperscaler specifically designed for AI inference, tailored to Groq’s hardware across our global data center footprint.

The team: The Compute team develops the foundational compute platform and critical services, including Datacenter Infrastructure Management (DCIM), hardware inventory systems, container and inference orchestration frameworks, observability and monitoring tools, and data center operations automation. Your role is pivotal in defining, implementing, and scaling Groq’s hyperscaler infrastructure.

Responsibilities & opportunities in this role:

• Architect and oversee the development of Groq’s hyperscale compute platform, ensuring scalability, reliability, and security.
• Lead highly technical engineering teams focused on container orchestration, hardware provisioning, and platform automation.
• Own and continuously enhance Groq’s hyperscaler infrastructure, operating across multiple global data centers.
• Provide technical leadership in infrastructure automation, containerization technologies, and high-performance computing architecture.
• Define and execute technical roadmaps that advance Groq’s capability to manage large-scale infrastructure efficiently.

Ideal candidates have/are:

• Proven leadership experience in highly technical engineering environments, with a track record of delivering innovative platform solutions and effectively leading, motivating, and developing high-performing engineering teams.
• Demonstrated excellence in communication, negotiation, and interpersonal interactions across executives, cross-functional stakeholders, and team members, with a strong ability to influence and drive organizational change.
• Extensive experience architecting and building large-scale hyperscaler compute platforms.
• Deep technical expertise with container orchestration, high-performance computing environments, infrastructure automation tools, and cloud-native technologies.
• Strong familiarity with data center networking, compute hardware, and infrastructure performance tuning.

Attributes of a Groqster:

• Humility - Egos are checked at the door
• Collaborative & Team Savvy - We make up the smartest person in the room, together
• Growth & Giver Mindset - Learn it all versus know it all, we share knowledge generously
• Curious & Innovative - Take a creative approach to projects, problems, and design
• Passion, Grit, & Boldness - no limit thinking, fueling informed risk taking

If this sounds like you, we’d love to hear from you!

At Groq:

Our goal is to hire and promote an exceptional workforce as diverse as the global populations we serve. Groq is an equal opportunity employer committed to diversity, inclusion, and belonging in all aspects of our organization. We value and celebrate diversity in thought, beliefs, talent, expression, and backgrounds. We know that our individual differences make us better.

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 $300,000 to $375,000, determined by your skills, qualifications, experience and internal benchmarks.

Last updated: 16 hours ago