Job description
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Systems Engineer
About Us
We are building next-generation AI infrastructure from the ground up. Our mission is to deliver highly performant, reliable, and scalable infrastructure purpose-built for large-scale AI training and inference.
As a startup, we operate with urgency, ownership, and a bias toward action. We are assembling the foundational infrastructure that will power frontier AI workloads—and we’re looking for engineers who want to build it from zero to scale.
The Role
We are hiring a Senior Systems Engineer** to support the deployment and bringup of infrastructure across our data center environments. You will help execute node, rack, and system deployments, ensuring infrastructure is validated, performant, and production-ready.
This role is deeply technical and execution-focused. You will work hands-on in the details—deploying infrastructure, validating firmware and system configurations, troubleshooting performance issues, and helping us build repeatable processes as we scale.
What You’ll Do
Infrastructure Deployment & Bringup
Execute end-to-end bringup of infrastructure nodes and racks from installation to production readiness
Validate BIOS, BMC, and firmware configurations
Perform rack-level integration including power, cabling, and airflow validation
Support deployment and validation of high-performance infrastructure environments
System & Performance Validation
Run infrastructure burn-in and validation testing
Validate node-to-node system performance across distributed environments
Troubleshoot hardware, firmware, and infrastructure-level issues
Assist with system reliability and performance optimization
Automation & Process
Contribute to automation for provisioning and infrastructure validation
Improve deployment playbooks and operational documentation
Identify reliability issues early and drive corrective actions
Help turn manual deployment processes into repeatable systems
Cross-Functional Collaboration
Work closely with infrastructure, networking, systems software, and data center teams
Coordinate with hardware vendors to resolve deployment or system issues
Support rapid infrastructure expansion as capacity grows
What We’re Looking For
Required
5–8+ years in infrastructure engineering, hardware deployment, or data center operations
Hands-on experience deploying server infrastructure in data center environments
Strong Linux systems knowledge
Experience troubleshooting distributed systems or infrastructure performance issues
Comfortable working onsite in data center environments as needed
Strongly Preferred
Experience in AI/ML infrastructure or HPC environments
Familiarity with high-performance computing or distributed systems
Automation experience (Python, Ansible, Terraform, Bash)
Experience working in high-density data center environments
What Success Looks Like
Infrastructure systems are brought online quickly and correctly
Performance baselines meet or exceed expectations
Deployment processes become faster and more reliable over time
You help build the foundation for scaled infrastructure growth
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