The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence

The Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence

Director of AI Infrastructure

Seattle, WA · Director

Work authorization required$176k-$265kDetected 5 days ago
PythonGoAWSGCPKubernetesLinuxAI OrchestrationDesign SystemsSystems EngineeringRoboticsResearchLeadership

About the role

  • Persons in these roles are expected to work from our offices in Seattle.
  • If you have questions about on-site work arrangements for this role, please ask your recruiter.
  • This leader will be responsible for the full lifecycle of our high-performance computing (HPC) environment which includes on-prem GPU clusters and the software orchestration layer that schedules workloads across a hybrid cloud environment.

Responsibilities

  • You look beyond the immediate "fire" to design systems that will scale for the next 3-5 years of AI research.
  • You will partner with hardware vendors and internal teams to ensure our physical infrastructure meets the demands of frontier model training.
  • Develop and execute a long-term roadmap for storage that balances high-throughput performance for active training with cost-effective durability for petascale research data.
  • We develop foundational AI research and innovation to deliver real-world impact through large-scale open models, data, robotics, conservation, and beyond.
  • We value diversity - We seek to hire, support, and promote people from all genders, ethnicities, and all levels of experience regardless of age.
  • To perform this job successfully, the team member(s) will possess the skills, aptitudes, and abilities to perform each duty proficiently.
  • The requirements listed in this document are the minimum levels of knowledge, skills, or abilities.
  • This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an at will relationship.

Requirements

  • Systems Expert: You have a deep understanding of the Linux kernel, container runtimes, and distributed systems.
  • Pragmatic Leader: You are comfortable making trade-offs between technical elegance and operational necessity.
  • Bachelor's degree in related field
  • relevant advanced degree may substitute for equivalent years of technical work experience
  • Team members will be required to follow any other job-related instructions and to perform any other job-related duties requested by any person authorized to give instructions or assignments.

Skills

  • Direct the strategy for Beaker, our internal orchestration platform.
  • Act as the primary steward of our GPU compute budget.
  • Strong background in Kubernetes, Slurm, or similar orchestration frameworks, particularly in hybrid-cloud configurations.

Compensation

  • Team members will be able to receive annual bonuses and can participate in the long-term incentive plan.

Benefits

  • Team members and their families are covered by medical, dental, vision, and an employee assistance program.
  • Team members are able to enroll in our health savings account plan, our healthcare reimbursement arrangement plan, and our health care and dependent care flexible spending account plans.
  • Team members will receive $125 per month to assist with commuting or internet expenses and will also receive $200 per month for fitness and wellbeing expenses.
  • Team members will also receive up to ten sick days per year, up to seven personal days per year, up to 20 vacation days per year and twelve paid holidays throughout the calendar year.
  • Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a direct threat or significant risk to the health or safety of themselves or others.
  • Our base salary range is $176,400 - $264,600, and in addition we have generous bonus plans to provide a competitive compensation package.
  • While we value powerful research results which drive our mission forward, we also value dinner with family, weekend time, and vacation time.

Company info

  • Ai2 is a non-profit research institute at the forefront of open-source AI development. Unlike industry peers, our goal is to share our findings, data, code, and models with the global scientific community.
  • We are seeking a Director of AI Infrastructure to oversee the systems that power our research. This leader will be responsible for the full lifecycle of our high-performance computing (HPC) environment which includes on-prem GPU clusters and the software orchestration layer that schedules workloads across a hybrid cloud environment.
  • Who You Are:
  • Systems Expert: You have a deep understanding of the Linux kernel, container runtimes, and distributed systems. You understand the performance implications of InfiniBand topologies and NCCL optimizations.
  • Ai2 is a non-profit research institute at the forefront of open-source AI development.
  • Unlike industry peers, our goal is to share our findings, data, code, and models with the global scientific community.
  • We are seeking a Director of AI Infrastructure to oversee the systems that power our research.
  • Strategic Thinker: You look beyond the immediate "fire" to design systems that will scale for the next 3-5 years of AI research.
  • Pragmatic Leader: You are comfortable making trade-offs between technical elegance and operational necessity. You prioritize reliability and researcher velocity above all else.
  • Your Next Challenge:
  • The essential functions include, but are not limited to the following:
  • Cluster Management: Oversee the availability and performance of dense on-prem GPU clusters. You will partner with hardware vendors and internal teams to ensure our physical infrastructure meets the demands of frontier model training.
  • Orchestration & Scheduling: Direct the strategy for Beaker, our internal orchestration platform. Your goal is to optimize job scheduling, ensuring high utilization of both on-prem assets and elastic cloud resources (AWS/GCP).

Visa & Work Authorization

  • This employer participates in E-Verify and will provide the federal government with your Form I-9 information to confirm that you are authorized to work in the U.S. If E-Verify cannot confirm that you are authorized to work, this employer i
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