Data Center Engineer
Etched · San Jose
Infrastructureonsitesenior$130k–$280k
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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