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# VP of Engineering (AI)

- **Company:** Hyphen Hyphen LLC
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Artificial Intelligence, Cloud Computing, Computer Clusters, Continuous Integration, Software Debugging, Linux, Distributed Systems, Reliability Engineering, Cloud Platform System, Kubernetes, Storage Technologies
- **Published:** October 1, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.juju.com/job/16_4218d1e32

## About the Role

* 12+ years building and operating large-scale infrastructure systems, with experience leading infrastructure organizations while remaining deeply hands-on technically.
 * Previous experience building or operating a cloud platform at scale - ideally GPU-native cloud infrastructure supporting AI training and inference workloads
 * Expert-level Kubernetes knowledge and experience designing multi-region cloud infrastructure
 * Deep expertise in Linux, networking, distributed systems, and storage architecture
 * Proven track record scaling infrastructure in high-growth startup environments - not just maintaining systems at large companies
 * Strong understanding of Infrastructure-as-Code, automation frameworks, observability, monitoring, and reliability engineering
 * Experience building highly available production systems with clear SLOs and incident response processes

## Description

* Lead the design and evolution of the AI cloud platform architecture - GPU orchestration, compute scheduling, networking, storage, and distributed systems
 * Build and scale large GPU clusters supporting customer workloads, including GPU provisioning, scheduling, utilization optimization, and capacity management
 * Personally participate in architecture reviews, system design, and key technical initiatives (expect 40%+ of time on technical contribution)
 * Act as the technical escalation point for complex infrastructure challenges - debug production issues, review proposals, and drive decisions
 * Establish best practices for Kubernetes, observability, CI/CD, security, and operational excellence
 * Build SRE and Platform Engineering functions from scratch - define SLOs, SLIs, incident response, and capacity planning
 * Recruit and develop world-class Infrastructure, Platform, and SRE teams
 * Partner with executive leadership on company strategy and infrastructure investments
 * Manage infrastructure budgets, vendor relationships, and capacity planning


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