Baseten

Baseten

Data Center Engineering Leader

San Francisco · Contract

Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 15 days ago
Machine LearningSparkDesign SystemsResearchLeadership

About the role

  • Structured cabling and LVC - Define cable plant standards, pathways, labeling, and contractor scope.
  • This is a high-ownership, hands-on leadership role.
  • Your decisions will directly impact how fast we deploy GPUs and how efficiently they run.

Responsibilities

  • Own data center infrastructure strategy, design, and execution.
  • Lead power, cooling, cabling, and rack design decisions.
  • Own commissioning, failover testing, and thermal validation.
  • Manage A/E firms, GCs, vendors, and low-voltage contractors.
  • Build and lead the data center engineering and operations functions.
  • We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F https://www.baseten.co/blog/announcing-our-series-f/, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital.
  • Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products.
  • First site build - Deliver high-density GPU infrastructure inside a powered shell.
  • Power and cooling architecture - Design systems supporting 150kW+ rack densities.
  • As Baseten's Head of Data Center Infrastructure, you'll own the strategy, design, and execution of our first-generation GPU data centers.

Requirements

  • Experience designing and delivering data centers or large-scale infrastructure.
  • Deep knowledge of electrical distribution and cooling systems.
  • Experience with high-density racks and GPU infrastructure.
  • Familiarity with structured cabling, LVC, and fiber documentation.
  • Experience managing contractors, vendors, GCs, and A/E firms.
  • Ability to operate at strategic and hands-on levels.

Compensation

  • Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.

Benefits

  • Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity.
  • 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
  • Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
  • Paid parental leave
  • Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
  • Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.
  • If you are a motivated individual with a passion for machine learning and a desire to be part of a collaborative and forward-thinking team, we would love to hear from you.
  • By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production.

Company info

  • At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace.

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