The Developer Infrastructure Engineer will build tooling, manage infrastructure, support customer needs, guide junior engineers, and adapt to new developments in AI and tooling.
About Nominal
Nominal is building the connected test and operations platform powering the world's most advanced hardware systems, from spacecraft and autonomous vehicles to next-generation defense programs. Our platform gives hardware engineering teams a single place to ingest data, analyze performance, automate test execution, and collaborate across every phase of development, so they can move faster without sacrificing safety or precision. We're a fast-moving team that owns problems end-to-end, works across disciplines, and thrives at the intersection of hardware and software.
We serve top-tier commercial and defense customers, from autonomy leaders like Anduril and Shield AI to next-generation aerospace teams like Hermeus and REGENT, and performance engineering teams like Pratt Miller Motorsports, alongside mission partners within the U.S. Navy and U.S. Air Force on programs where failure isn’t an option. We’re backed by Sequoia, General Catalyst, Founders Fund, Lux Capital, and Lightspeed. Our team draws from SpaceX, Palantir, Anduril, Applied Intuition, and other leading companies, united by a common mission: giving hardware engineers the tools to build the future with speed, safety, and confidence.
We're looking for a Software Engineer for Dev Infra, where you'll develop and maintain the Internal AI Platform that Nominal builds upon. You will also collaborate on deployment infrastructure, AI enablement, and custom tooling required to accelerate our developers and clients. The mission is simple: accelerate and optimize every facet of our company - GTM, Marketing, Legal, you name it.
🚀 About The Role
- Build and maintain the internal AI tooling that makes Nominal unique.
- Work with engineers from other parts of the company to support specific customer needs.
- Help set the technical direction of Nominal’s internal development platform and grow junior engineers.
- Stay on top of new developments in AI tooling and hardware development.
- Design and scale our internal infrastructure across air-gapped, cloud, and on-prem environments.
⚡ Skills That Accelerate Us
- 4+ years building and maintaining AI tooling, infrastructure, and/or open-source projects.
- Strong at picking up new languages and comfortable writing clean, maintainable code.
- General experience with cloud services (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and tools like Docker and Kubernetes.
- Familiarity with CI/CD, build tools, and developer automations.
- Willingness to try out the newest tooling and open-source projects to accelerate our development cycle
- Ability to explain your ideas clearly to others, whether they’re technical or non-technical.
✨ Benefits/Perks
- 🏥 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance
- 🏖️ Unlimited PTO and sick leave
- 🍽️ Free lunch, snacks, and coffee
- 🚀 Professional Development Stipend
- 🛠️ In-office hardware lab with a $250 project stipend
- ✈️ Annual company retreat
All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, or national origin.
ITAR Requirements
To conform to U.S. Government export regulations, applicant must be a (i) U.S. citizen or national, (ii) U.S. lawful, permanent resident (aka green card holder), (iii) Refugee under 8 U.S.C. § 1157, or (iv) Asylee under 8 U.S.C. § 1158, or be eligible to obtain the required authorizations from the U.S. Department of State. Learn more about the ITAR here.
CompensationThe base pay range for this role is $130,000 – $230,000 per year.
Nominal Los Angeles, California, USA Office
Los Angeles, CA, United States
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