CareerPlan

Senior AI Infrastructure Engineer

US-California-Palo AltoFull-time$125k2026-10-01 → 2026-11-10
On-site · United States

Core

Own technical evaluation and end-to-end execution of AI infrastructure deployments, including data center due diligence, solution review, cross-functional delivery coordination, and day-2 operations of production AI environments.

Role type

Senior IC AI Infrastructure Engineer

Builds

Production AI compute environments and data center infrastructure

Domain

Data Center Infrastructure / High-Performance Computing

Deliverable

infrastructure

Required skills

Data center infrastructure evaluation, high-performance compute server hardware, high-speed networking (InfiniBand/RoCE), storage systems, data center power & cooling, cluster orchestration (Slurm, Kubernetes), Linux system administration, scripting/automation (Python, Bash, Ansible, Terraform), observability/monitoring (Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, DCIM)

Preferred skills

High-performance storage/parallel file systems (Lustre, GPFS, WekaFS, VAST, Ceph), hyperscale AI compute deployment, infrastructure certifications

Responsibilities

Conduct on-site data center assessments, review and validate AI infrastructure solution designs, coordinate with external partners, translate requirements into technical specifications, manage day-2 operations (monitoring, incident response, capacity checks, firmware/lifecycle management), build operational standards and documentation, provide technical mentorship to junior engineers

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC