About the role
ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F , led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products.
THE ROLE As Baseten’s Head of Data Center Infrastructure, you’ll own the strategy, design, and execution of our first-generation GPU data centers. We lease powered shells—but everything inside the building is on us: power distribution, cooling, rack design, structured cabling / low-voltage systems, and the operational foundations to scale to tens, then hundreds of megawatts. This is a high-ownership, hands-on leadership role. You’ll act as the technical authority across facility design and build, working closely with contractors, vendors, and internal teams to bring new capacity online quickly and reliably. Your decisions will directly impact how fast we deploy GPUs and how efficiently they run. EXAMPLE INITIATIVES First site build — Deliver high-density GPU infrastructure inside a powered shell. Power and cooling architecture — Design systems supporting 150kW+ rack densities. Structured cabling and LVC — Define cable plant standards, pathways, labeling, and contractor scope. Site standardization — Create repeatable designs for scaling across multiple sites.
RESPONSIBILITIES Own data center infrastructure strategy, design, and execution. Define electrical, mechanical, and physical network infrastructure architecture. Lead power, cooling, cabling, and rack design decisions. Own commissioning, failover testing, and thermal validation. Manage A/E firms, GCs, vendors, and low-voltage contractors. Establish maintenance programs, runbooks, as-builts, and deployment standards. Build and lead the data center engineering and operations functions.