Workplace
hybrid
Employment
Full-Time
Published
May 1, 2026
Closes
No date supplied
The role
ABOUT BASETEN Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F https://www.baseten.co/blog/announcing-our-series-f/, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to to ship AI products. THE ROLE As an OS / K8s Systems Engineer at Baseten, you’ll build the automation and systems that turn raw GPU hardware into production-ready compute. From provisioning to orchestration, you’ll own the software layer that makes our infrastructure reproducible, scalable, and reliable across data centers. This is a senior, hands-on role focused on building systems not operating them. You’ll work close to the metal designing OS images, building provisioning pipelines, and automating cluster bring-up from scratch. Your work will define how quickly we can turn new capacity into usable compute. EXAMPLE INITIATIVES - Zero-to-cluster automation Build workflows that take new hardware from unprovisioned to fully operational cluster. - Provisioning systems Design PXE-based or equivalent systems for imaging and lifecycle management. - Reproducible infrastructure — Ensure clusters deploy consistently across data centers. RESPONSIBILITIES - Own the end-to-end automation of cluster bring-up and lifecycle management. - Build and maintain OS images, provisioning systems, and configuration pipelines. - Deploy and operate cluster orchestration platforms (Kubernetes, Slurm, or similar). - Design systems for reproducibility across sites and hardware generations. - Automate upgrades, rollouts, and failure recovery. - Optimize system performance, including GPU utilization and networking. -
Requirements
Department: EPD; Team: Hardware Virtualization