Software Engineer (Infrastructure)

Oklo•Santa Clara, CA

3h•$110,000 - $160,000•Remote

About The Position

Join us in pioneering the next generation of nuclear reactors! You'll leverage your software skills alongside engineers from a variety of disciplines to help model, simulate, design, and deploy advanced fission power technology. You will work at the forefront of the nuclear industry, developing novel techniques to reach new levels of safety, efficiency, and resiliency. Come be a part of powering the future with advanced fission power plants to provide clean, reliable, affordable energy. Position Description This role will be focused on enhancing our development processes, ensuring high-quality software delivery, and maintaining compliance standards. We support a variety of internal “customers” and use software and automation to ensure that other teams can do their jobs effectively. Oklo is a fast-moving startup, and our team is in the middle of building out our processes and capabilities. You will have the opportunity to help shape the trajectory of engineering infrastructure at Oklo. A nuclear background is not required, but a healthy curiosity and eagerness to learn are essential in this role.

Requirements

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or equivalent industry experience
A minimum of 3 years of experience in a Software Engineering role
Fluency in Python, or significant Python experience plus fluency in a similar programming language
Knowledge of software engineering fundamentals and best practices: testing, version control, system design, etc.
Curiosity and passion for nuclear power, closing the nuclear fuel cycle, and sustainable energy generation.

Nice To Haves

Cloud services and concepts, in particular AWS.
Gitlab, especially Gitlab CI/CD.
Containerization technologies (Docker).
Infrastructure-as-code tooling (Ansible and Terraform).
Compiled/performance-oriented languages (Rust).
Linux/Unix system administration, virtualization technologies (VMWare), and core networking concepts.
Experience building systems that integrate varied third-party tools and APIs.
Experience working as a member of a distributed, remote team.

Responsibilities

Develop and maintain CI/CD infrastructure
Integrate data from engineering systems and tools (eg CAD, product lifecycle management, computational fluid dynamics, etc) into reactor design and simulation pipelines.
Design, configure, and automate management of compute and data infrastructure.
Build internal tooling to support local development, QA, and compliance workflows.
Monitor and optimize system performance, troubleshooting issues as they arise.
Contribute to design discussions, write RFCs, and document processes, configurations, and workflows.
Collaborate across teams, balance competing priorities, and drive projects forward independently in the face of ambiguity.