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Data Center Engineer

Etched · San Jose

Infrastructureonsitesenior$130k–$280k
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At a glance

Highlights

  • Own end-to-end lifecycle of data center and hardware lab environments.
  • Deploy next-generation inference hardware at scale for frontier intelligence.
  • Drive facility selection, rack design, and capacity planning for dense AI compute.

What they offer

  • Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
  • $500 per month credit for waiving medical benefits
  • Housing subsidy of $2,500 per month for those living within walking distance of the office
  • Relocation support for those moving to San Jose (Santana Row)
  • Wellness benefits covering fitness, mental health, and more
  • Daily lunch and dinner in office
  • Significant equity

Ideal candidate

Hands-on infrastructure owner with 5+ years in dense data centers who thinks from first principles about power and cooling. You thrive in fast-moving startups and take pride in clean, documented, operationally excellent environments.

Requirements

  • 5+ years of hands-on data center engineering or operations experience with physical hardware deployment, power architecture, and facility management
  • Designed and deployed high-density compute environments (20 kW/rack and above) with thermal management experience
  • Vendor management - write RFPs, run competitive evaluations, and hold co-lo or hardware vendors to commitments
  • Thrive in fast-moving environments and make confident decisions with incomplete information
  • Driven by ownership and pride in clean, documented, operationally excellent environments
remote policy
fully in-person

Lab profile

About Etched

Building specialized AI chips and systems for frontier inference with best-in-class throughput and latency.

What they build

  • Sohu AI inference chip
  • AI racks and hardware systems
  • Inference software stack

Known for

  • Full-stack co-design of chips, racks, software and manufacturing
  • Best-in-class throughput and latency for prefill and decode
  • Inference-optimized architecture

Key facts

  • Backed by hundreds of millions from top-tier investors
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