Upscale AI
Staff Systems Engineer, Lab Operations and Administration
US - Headquarters · Staff+
Sponsorship not specified$175k-$193kDetected 52 days ago
AnsibleLinuxAccessibilitySystems EngineeringHardware DesignTCP/IPDNSLeadershipOrganizational Skills
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Lottery odds (Level IV)94
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About the role
- We focus on first-principles engineering across silicon, systems, and networking-where performance, scale, and execution are critical.
- Our team is talent-dense and high-performing.
- If you're looking to do high-impact work, move fast, and help define the infrastructure behind the future of AI-Upscale is where you can produce meaningful work at the frontier-and operate at a high standard.
Responsibilities
- Day-to-day systems and network administration: install, configure, and maintain physical and virtual servers and lab network equipment, following established configuration standards
- Lab owner support and coordination: work with lab owners and engineers across both software and hardware teams to understand what they need set up and when
- Lab owner support and coordination: work with lab owners and engineers across both software and hardware teams to understand what they need set up and when; keep them updated on status; flag upcoming capacity or equipment needs to leadership rather than independently planning long term architecture.
- Operate and maintain the software and hardware engineering lab environments at Upscale, a fast-moving AI hardware and infrastructure company.
- Lab owner support and coordination:
Requirements
- 7 to 10 years of hands on experience provisioning and operating servers, networking equipment, and lab or data center infrastructure, ideally supporting a software and hardware development engineering environment.
- Working knowledge of basic networking (switches, protocols) and Linux/Windows server administration.
- Familiarity with virtualization platforms (VMware, Proxmox, or similar).
Nice to have
- Experience in a networking, server, or infrastructure company.
- Familiarity with monitoring and provisioning tools.
- Prior experience in a hardware or engineering lab environments.
- Prior hands-on experience with infrastructure automation and configuration-management tools is a plus.
- Where you fall within that range depends on your experience, skills, and impact-we benchmark against internal levels to keep things fair and consistent.
- Equal Opportunity
- Accessibility & Accommodations
- We're committed to making our hiring process accessible to everyone.
Compensation
- $175k-$193k
Benefits
- monitor system and network health using established tools and respond to alerts.
Company info
- Why join Upscale, Inc.
- Upscale, Inc., is building the high-performance infrastructure powering the next generation of artificial intelligence.
- Backed by over $500M in funding and rapid global adoption, we are scaling systems designed for the world's most demanding AI workloads.
- We value ownership, technical rigor, and speed, and we offer the opportunity to work on foundational problems with immediate, real-world impact.
- rack and stack hardware as part of routine setup.
- Hands-on provisioning and operations: provision and configure servers, switches, and storage for lab use; receive, commission, and physically deploy lab hardware; take ownership of routine maintenance and troubleshooting yourself; rack and stack hardware as part of routine setup.
- provision and configure servers, switches, and storage for lab use; receive, commission, and physically deploy lab hardware; take ownership of routine maintenance and troubleshooting yourself; rack and stack hardware as part of routine setup.
Equal opportunity
- Upscale, Inc., is building a team that reflects a wide range of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences. We're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.
- We're committed to making our hiring process accessible to everyone. If you need accommodations at any stage, just reach out to us at hiring@upscaleai.com -we're happy to help. Note: This inbox is only for accommodation requests.
- Upscale, Inc., is building a team that reflects a wide range of perspectives, backgrounds, and experiences.
- We're proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and consider all qualified applicants regardless of race, color, religion, national origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, or veteran status.
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