Infrastructure Software Engineering Intern - Winter

About The Role

We are seeking a Infrastructure and Site Reliability Intern for the winter term. The internship begins in January, with a preferred commitment of 4 to 8 months. You will design, build, deploy, and manage the on-prem backend infrastructure that powers our small, fast semiconductor fab. This is a broad role encompassing all aspects of backend infrastructure and services.

Responsibilities

• Build and evolve our infrastructure-as-code tooling to manage complex, multi-environment deployments
• Help manage and maintain our fleet of on-premises servers, ensuring high availability and optimal resource utilization
• Maintain and monitor system performance and health across diverse production workloads
• Design, implement, and refine alerting systems to catch issues before they impact users
• Build automation to reduce toil and improve operational efficiency
• Implement secure secret management
• Debug production issues across the stack
• Work closely with engineering teams to understand their infrastructure needs and deliver robust, scalable solutions

Required Experience

• Pursuing a BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or demonstrated exceptional skill in software engineering
• Strong programming skills in Rust, Go, or other systems-oriented languages
• Solid understanding of Linux systems, networking fundamentals, and distributed systems concepts
• Experience building or maintaining non-trivial infrastructure, automation, or tooling projects (personal, academic, or professional)
• Interest in one or more of the following areas: systems reliability, observability, infrastructure automation, performance optimization

Nice-to-have Experience

• With configuration management or fleet management at scale
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK stack, Datadog)
• Background in performance profiling and capacity planning
• Familiarity with database administration, backup strategies, or disaster recovery
• Exposure to secret management systems (Vault, SOPS) or PKI

About Fab2

The fab2 team can build anything. We design all the hardware and software needed to make chips and we make the fabs, tools, and components ourselves. We're looking for exceptional, hands-on people who can iterate to the limits of what's possible. fab2 was founded by Sam Zeloof and Jim Keller. Sam is best known for making chips in his garage, and Jim has been a leader in the semiconductor industry for the past 40 years.

Pay

Software Interns are paid hourly, at a rate equivalent to an annualized range of $114,000–$131,000 depending on experience and education. Actual earnings vary with hours worked.

Benefits

• Housing Stipend to help with first month expenses
• Lunches daily, Dinners 3x per week, Stocked Office Kitchen with Snacks and Spindrifts
• Weekly Learning & Development opportunities
• Commuter Benefits including Parking and Late Night Uber rides from the office
• Paid Time Off inclusive of Holidays and Sick Time
• Visa Sponsorship
• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
• 401(k) retirement plan
• Life and Disability Insurance

Equal Opportunity Employer

We are an equal-opportunity employer and do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, veteran status, disability or other legally protected statuses.