Engineering Manager (AI Infrastructure)

Location: Hybrid, with presence in the San Francisco, San Jose, or Bellevue office 4 days per week; Tuesday is the designated work-from-home day.

Annual salary: $330,000–$440,000 for San Francisco or San Jose; $297,000–$396,000 for Bellevue.

Company

AI cloud infrastructure company building large-scale GPU compute systems for researchers, enterprises, and hyperscalers.

What you will do

• Lead and grow distributed engineering teams responsible for production systems infrastructure.
• Coordinate cross-functional projects and deployments, aligning stakeholders and delivering against deadlines.
• Improve efficiency through tooling, process optimization, and automation.
• Provide visibility into project progress, risks, outcomes, staffing, priorities, and deliverables.
• Participate in new technology qualification, incident management, and incident review programs.
• Conduct 1:1s, provide feedback, and support team members’ career development.

Requirements

• 3+ years of experience leading or managing engineers in AI/ML infrastructure or another large-scale compute environment.
• Experience owning production systems with real SLAs and balancing operational reliability with long-term technical improvements.
• Confidence working in Linux and debugging across operating system, hardware, and networking layers.
• Ability to lead technical design for medium-to-large initiatives, drive alignment, and deliver solutions.
• Experience building high-performing teams through hiring, upskilling, skills planning, performance management, and clear expectations.
• Strong problem-solving and troubleshooting skills, with interest in the intersection of hardware, software, and physical datacenter infrastructure.

Nice to have

• Linux systems administration, TCP/IP networking, automation, and scripting.
• Bare-metal provisioning and lifecycle management with PXE, Redfish, IPMI, BMC, DHCP, or DNS.
• Strong coding ability, APIs, distributed systems, and automation pipelines.
• GPU acceleration, virtualization, cloud computing, InfiniBand, racks, switches, and power domains.
• NetBox or similar source-of-truth and DCIM tooling, Linux distribution building, OS customization, or imaging.

Culture & Benefits

• Generous cash and equity compensation.
• Health, dental, and vision coverage for employees and dependents.
• Wellness and commuter stipends for select roles.
• 401(k) plan with a 2% company match for US employees.
• Flexible paid time off plan.