Head of AI/ML
Remote
Head of AI Infrastructure
Blue Signal Search · Cloud Infrastructure / AI Infrastructure · 10-50 employees · 📍 San Francisco Bay Area
First dedicated infrastructure leader at a stealth-stage neocloud startup, hired to architect and scale a GPU-native cloud platform from live pilots to global enterprise production before competitors define the category.
AI Maturity
building
Reports To
CTO
Why Role Exists
New position
Company Stage
startup
Source
linkedin
Key Responsibilities
- Design and scale elastic GPU cloud fabric from hundreds to thousands of accelerators for training and inference workloads
- Define compute, storage, and high-speed network architecture blueprints across multiple geographies with security and compliance rigor
- Own Kubernetes-based scheduling, multi-tenant isolation, and global capacity planning
- Lead enterprise customer architecture reviews, POC deployments, and production migrations
- Evaluate and negotiate with hardware, colocation, and network vendors for performance and supply-chain resilience
- Build and mentor a distributed team of infrastructure architects and SREs
- Represent infrastructure in executive, investor, and strategic partnership contexts
Requirements
- 10+ years in cloud infrastructure, platform engineering, or systems architecture
- Demonstrated success operating large-scale GPU clusters in production
- Deep expertise in PCIe/NVLink topologies and high-performance networking (InfiniBand/RoCE)
- Production-grade Kubernetes experience for GPU environments including virtualization and multi-tenant isolation
- Proven track record in customer-facing solution architecture or technical sales engagements
- Comfort setting roadmap and pace in fast-moving, venture-backed environments
Signals
- ⚠ No salary range disclosed — may underprice or delay qualified candidates
- ⚠ Company identity withheld (stealth) — limits candidate due diligence on investors and financials
- ⚠ Recruiter-mediated posting adds an information layer between candidate and hiring team
- ⚠ Role reposted in May 2026 suggesting original search may not have closed
- ✓ Live customer pilots already generating revenue signal — not pre-product
- ✓ Described as backed by prominent investors with real capital behind the build
- ✓ Founding infrastructure hire with significant equity upside before hyper-growth
- ✓ Clean-slate architecture mandate on newest GPU and fabric technologies
- ✓ Clear scope with direct revenue impact from day one
Company History
This posting appears to be a repost of the same role from May 2026, indicating the initial search did not result in a successful hire — either the role was not filled, a candidate fell through, or requirements have been refined. Candidates should probe tenure expectations and what stalled the previous search.