CareerPlan

Compute Lead

San FranciscoFull-time2026-09-25 → 2026-11-10
On-site

Core

Own and manage the company's compute infrastructure for AI model training, research, and customer workloads, including allocation, sourcing, testing, and monitoring.

Role type

Senior Infrastructure Operations Lead (Compute)

Builds

Scalable GPU clusters and compute allocation systems for AI research and production

Domain

AI Infrastructure / Cloud Operations

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

GPU capacity sourcing, cluster acceptance testing, utilization monitoring, demand forecasting, vendor negotiation, resource allocation

Preferred skills

High-stakes trade-off decision making, rapid execution under scarcity

Technologies

GPU clusters, cloud providers, burn-in testing tools

Responsibilities

Manage compute allocations across training, research, and customer workloads; Source and secure capacity from providers; Own cluster acceptance testing and performance validation; Monitor cluster health and drive fixes; Track utilization and reallocate idle capacity; Partner with research teams to translate roadmaps into compute requirements; Build forecasting models for long-term planning