Data Center Engineer
Etched · San Jose
CHECKED 8H AGO
Infrastructureonsitesenior$130k–$210k
At a glance
Highlights
- Own end-to-end data center and hardware lab environments for inference systems.
- Design high-density power and cooling architectures pushing 90 kW per rack.
- Bring custom AI server platforms online faster across colocation facilities.
What they offer
- Medical, dental, and vision packages with generous premium coverage
- Housing subsidy of $2,500 per month for those living within walking distance
- Relocation support for moving to San Jose
- Daily lunch and dinner in office
- Wellness benefits covering fitness and mental health
- Equity
Ideal candidate
Hands-on infrastructure owner who treats physical systems with engineering rigor and takes pride in clean, documented, reliable environments. You thrive amid shifting requirements and enjoy shaping dense AI infrastructure from the ground up.
Requirements
- 5+ years of hands-on data center engineering or operations experience
- Direct responsibility for physical hardware deployment, power architecture and facility management
- Designed and deployed high-density compute environments (20 kW/rack and above)
- Vendor management including RFPs, competitive evaluations and holding vendors to commitments
- Thrive in fast-moving environments and make confident decisions with incomplete information
- Driven by ownership with 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