Head Of Data Center Rack And Cluster (AI)

TL;DR

Head of Data Center Rack and Cluster (AI): Leading the engineering team that defines the rack and system architectures for compute infrastructure enabling frontier AI models with an accent on scalability, quality, and cost. Focus on overseeing the delivery of complex hardware platforms from architectural definition to production-ready state.

Location: San Francisco, USA

Salary: $391,000 – $456,000 + Equity

Company

OpenAI is an AI research and deployment company dedicated to ensuring that general-purpose artificial intelligence benefits all of humanity.

What you will do

• Own reference rack, cluster, and system architecture standards for new OpenAI compute platforms.
• Define readiness and acceptance criteria for production-bound systems.
• Manage relationships with accelerator and equipment vendors to define overall roadmaps.
• Lead a team of engineering leads focused on architectural and engineering work to stabilize future compute platforms.
• Partner across industrial compute and partner teams to ensure smooth delivery of next-gen systems.

Requirements

• Experience with hyperscale data centers or equivalent.
• Deep expertise in rack, system, or network architecture definition.
• Ability to leverage performance and TCO modeling to guide complex system tradeoffs.
• Experience overseeing the delivery of complex hardware platforms from first delivery to production-ready state.
• Strong management and leadership skills.
• Must be based in the US

Culture & Benefits

• Opportunity to work on the cutting edge of AI compute capacity at scale.
• Equity offers provided as part of compensation.
• Commitment to diversity, equity, and inclusion as an equal opportunity employer.