Institute of Foundation Models
HPC Engineer
$150K–$300K
Sunnyvale, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jun 1, 2026
- Experience
- 2+ years in one or more of the stated areas.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related disciplines.
About the job
Provides overnight operational coverage for AI supercomputing infrastructure, monitoring GPU clusters, triaging incidents, and supporting researchers and production operations.
What you'll do
- Monitor GPU cluster health, performance, and availability; respond to incidents and perform first-level triage.
- Support researchers by troubleshooting job failures and executing operational runbooks and recovery procedures.
- Validate deployments, upgrades, and maintenance; track operational metrics and develop automation and monitoring tools.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in a listed or related discipline.
- 2+ years in Linux systems administration, SRE, DevOps, cloud operations, HPC, or infrastructure operations.
- Strong Linux troubleshooting skills.
- Experience scripting with Python or Bash.
Nice to have
- Slurm, GPU infrastructure, cloud platforms, monitoring tools, containers/Kubernetes, AI/ML infrastructure, or research computing experience.
Pay
USD 150,000–300,000 per year (base salary); discretionary performance bonus (amount not stated)
Tools
Linux, Python, Bash, Slurm, AWS, Azure, GCP, Grafana
AI focus
Operational support for AI supercomputing infrastructure; AI/ML infrastructure exposure is preferred.
Model-written summary · the original posting is authoritative