GPT Infrastructure Lead

AI research and deployment company building and deploying frontier AI products, including ChatGPT, Codex, and its API platform.

Recently funded151 current maintainers88 active leads20 new active leads99 lead step-downs12 early lead departures
San Francisco, United States
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About the Role

You will lead industrial compute programs and turn delivered power, space, and hardware into usable GPU capacity. You will coordinate construction, energization, deployment, networking, cluster readiness, and workload onboarding; resolve bottlenecks; manage external providers; and create plans, dashboards, forecasts, and repeatable deployment models.

Requirements

  • Experience leading hyperscale infrastructure, data center, manufacturing, or industrial deployment programs
  • Knowledge of power, hardware, networking, and software systems for usable compute
  • Experience with GPU clusters, AI infrastructure, hyperscale data centers, or industrial technology programs
  • Experience in program management, operations leadership, capacity delivery, or strategic infrastructure execution
  • Familiarity with utilities, construction, commissioning, networking, hardware deployment, or cluster bring-up
  • Experience managing multi-billion-dollar infrastructure or capacity programs
  • Executive communication and stakeholder management

Responsibilities

  • Lead GPT infrastructure programs across industrial compute environments
  • Convert delivered power, space, and hardware capacity into production-ready token throughput
  • Build integrated execution plans for construction, energization, deployment, networking, and workload onboarding
  • Coordinate infrastructure engineering, hardware, networking, finance, supply chain, and operations
  • Drive external providers, EPCs, OEMs, utilities, and strategic partners
  • Identify and resolve bottlenecks between physical delivery and usable compute output
  • Build operating cadences, dashboards, forecasts, and executive reporting
  • Develop repeatable deployment models for future expansion

Benefits

  • Medical, dental, and vision insurance
  • Health Savings Account employer contributions
  • Health FSA, Dependent Care FSA, and commuter pre-tax accounts
  • 401(k) retirement plan with employer match
  • Paid parental, medical, and caregiver leave
  • Flexible PTO or up to 15 days annually depending on employee classification
  • Paid company holidays, office closures, and sick or safe time
  • Mental health and wellness support
  • Employer-paid basic life and disability coverage
  • Annual learning and development stipend
  • Daily office meals and eligible meal delivery credits
  • Relocation support for eligible employees
  • Charitable donation matching and wellness stipends may be provided