Head of Infrastructure - Hosting
1626714
Posted: 08/09/2025
- $500,000 gross per year
- Bay Area, CA or Texas
- Permanent
- Telecoms
- IP Networking & Transmission
Our client, a high-growth startup building a next-generation GPU-powered compute platform and is targeting 300MW capacity by 2026, with the first 40MW site going live in January. This is a unique opportunity to lead the growth of their systems infrastructure for one of the largest-scale AI-focused infrastructure builds in the US. We are seeking a Head of Infrastructure to lead the design, scaling, and operation of high-performance compute infrastructure.
If you are interested in this fantastic opportunity and want to find out more, we encourage you to get in touch and apply today!
Responsibilities
- Own infrastructure strategy across CPU, NVIDIA GPU clusters (25,000+ GPUs), virtualization, and core systems.
- Lead vendor evaluation, hardware selection, and capacity scaling across multiple regions.
- Drive infrastructure automation, orchestration, and optimization to support advanced compute workloads.
- Build and scale engineering teams with full autonomy over hiring plans, vendor strategy, and technical direction.
- Partner closely with leadership to define long-term growth strategy.
Requirements
- Proven leadership scaling large-scale GPU/compute clusters in hyperscale or neocloud environments.
- Hands-on expertise with virtualization, system infrastructure, and large-scale HPC/AI deployments.
- Strong vendor management and network scaling experience.
- Background from leading compute-focused organizations.
- Prior AI/ML infrastructure deployment experience highly preferred.
Salary:
- $500,000 gross per year

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