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Head of AI/MLRemote
Head of AI Infrastructure
Blue Signal Search · Cloud Infrastructure / AI Infrastructure · 📍 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.
Reports to
CTO
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.