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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