System Engineer, GPU Fleet

About FluidStack

At Fluidstack, we’re building the infrastructure for abundant intelligence. We partner with top AI labs, governments, and enterprises - including Mistral, Poolside, Black Forest Labs, Meta, and more - to unlock compute at the speed of light.

We’re working with urgency to make AGI a reality. As such, our team is highly motivated and committed to delivering world-class infrastructure. We treat our customers’ outcomes as our own, taking pride in the systems we build and the trust we earn. If you’re motivated by purpose, obsessed with excellence, and ready to work very hard to accelerate the future of intelligence, join us in building what's next.

About the Role

As a System Engineer, GPU Fleet, you will manage, operate, and optimize hyperscale GPU compute infrastructure supporting AI/ML training and inference workloads. Ensure high availability, performance, and reliability of GPU server fleet through automation, monitoring, troubleshooting, and collaboration with hardware engineering, platform teams, and datacenter operations.

Key Responsibilities

• Operate and maintain large-scale GPU server fleet (H100, B200, GB200) supporting AI/ML workloads; monitor system health, performance, and utilization to maximize uptime and ensure SLA compliance

• Perform hands-on troubleshooting and root cause analysis of complex hardware, firmware, OS, and application issues across GPU clusters; coordinate with vendors and hardware teams to resolve systemic failures

• Develop and maintain automation scripts for provisioning, configuration management, monitoring, and remediation at scale.

• Build and improve tooling for GPU health checks, performance diagnostics, driver validation, and automated recovery

• Execute server provisioning, configuration, firmware updates, and OS installation using automation frameworks; manage lifecycle operations including deployment, maintenance, and decommissioning

• Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation; respond to production incidents and coordinate resolution with cross-functional teams including datacenter operations, network engineering, and application teams

• Lead post-incident reviews, document root causes, and drive continuous improvement initiatives focused on automation, reliability, monitoring, and operational efficiency

Basic Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or related technical field (or equivalent practical experience)

• 3+ years (System Engineer) or 5+ years (Senior System Engineer) in Linux system administration, datacenter operations, or infrastructure engineering

• Strong Linux/Unix fundamentals including system administration, shell scripting (Bash, Python), troubleshooting, and performance tuning

• Experience with server hardware architecture, troubleshooting techniques, and understanding of compute, memory, storage, and networking components

• Experience in automation and configuration management tools (Ansible, Puppet, Chef, Terraform).

• Strong analytical and problem-solving skills with ability to diagnose complex technical issues under pressure

• Excellent communication and collaboration skills; ability to work effectively with cross-functional teams

Preferred Qualifications

• Experience managing large-scale GPU infrastructure (NVIDIA H100, A100, B200, GB200) in production environments supporting AI/ML workloads

• Deep knowledge of GPU architecture, CUDA toolkit, GPU drivers, monitoring tools (nvidia-smi, DCGM)

• Experience with HPC cluster management, job schedulers (Slurm, PBS, LSF), and container orchestration (Kubernetes, Docker)

• Proficiency in out-of-band management protocols (IPMI, Redfish, BMC) and firmware management for server hardware

• Experience with high-performance networking (InfiniBand, RoCE, RDMA) and network troubleshooting in GPU cluster environments

• Familiarity with datacenter operations including rack installations, cabling, power management, and thermal considerations
  

Salary & Benefits

• Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).

• Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.

• Health, dental, and vision insurance.

• Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.

The base salary range for this position is $200,000 - $300,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This range represents our good faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.