The role
Nscale is looking for a Director of Deployment Engineering to lead the systems engineering function responsible for deploying, validating, and operating the core compute platforms that underpin our AI infrastructure.
You will lead a high-performing engineering team across systems, compute operations, and deployment validation. This role combines technical leadership with operational execution: defining the standards, tooling, and processes that ensure infrastructure is reliable, scalable, production-ready, and delivered at pace.
What you’ll do
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Lead and scale the systems engineering team responsible for core platform systems, deployment readiness, and compute operations.
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Define and deliver multi-quarter systems engineering initiatives that improve deployment velocity, platform reliability, validation quality, and operational performance.
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Establish systems validation standards for servers, GPUs, networking, storage, and supporting infrastructure before production acceptance.
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Lead GPU burn-in and validation testing at scale, including thermal, power, stress, and performance qualification.
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Partner with infrastructure, network engineering, deployment, product, and operations leaders to balance long-term platform architecture with immediate business needs.
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Turn ambiguous, high-impact technical challenges into clear plans, priorities, milestones, and accountable execution.
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Drive alignment across interdependent teams working on compute platforms, internal infrastructure, developer tooling, and operational systems.
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Raise the bar for engineering quality, automation, observability, documentation, and operational excellence.
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Build scalable approaches for systems monitoring, telemetry, incident learning, and continuous platform improvement.
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Travel up to 50% to support deployments, site readiness, vendor collaboration, and operational execution.
What you’ll bring
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A bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related technical field.
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10+ years of systems engineering, compute operations, infrastructure, or engineering-management experience.
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Experience in a large cloud provider, hyperscale data center, or similarly complex infrastructure environment.
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Experience leading systems or compute operations teams in a high-availability production environment.
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Strong knowledge of Linux/Unix systems administration, OS-level tuning, server architecture, and GPU hardware.
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Experience with virtualization, containerization, and distributed systems, including Kubernetes and Docker.
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Experience with infrastructure-as-code and configuration-management tools such as Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, or Chef.
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Strong scripting, automation, and data center systems-design experience.
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Familiarity with system architecture, data synchronization, fault tolerance, state management, and distributed-system reliability.
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Experience with enterprise storage, networking, compute, monitoring, observability, or telemetry platforms.
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Excellent judgment, organizational skills, and written and verbal communication.
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The ability to influence technical direction, engineering priorities, and cross-functional decisions.
What success looks like
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Nscale’s compute platforms are consistently deployed, validated, and accepted into production at a high standard.
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Systems engineering has clear technical standards, automation, and operational ownership across the deployment lifecycle.
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Platform reliability, validation quality, and delivery velocity improve measurably over time.
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Engineering, operations, and deployment teams make faster decisions with clearer data and accountability.
The range below reflects the base salary for the position. Actual compensation may vary based on job-related factors such as skill set, experience, education, and location. In addition to base salary, this role may be eligible for bonus, equity, and/or commission programs. Nscale may offer a competitive benefits package including medical, dental, vision, flexible paid time off, parental leave, and retirement plan participation.
Salary Range
$240,000—$353,000 USD
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Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or related field; 10+ years systems engineering or management; experience in large cloud or hyperscale environments; Linux/Unix, GPU hardware, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, or Chef; travel up to 50%.
Key Responsibilities
- leading engineering team
- defining validation standards
- managing GPU testing
Skills & Tools
Linux, Unix, Kubernetes, Docker, Ansible, Terraform, Puppet, Chef
Job Details
- Category: Engineering
- Seniority: Senior Level
- Commitment: Full Time
- Workplace: Remote — North America
- Salary: USD 240,000 – 353,000 / year
- Languages: English
Benefits
- Generous paid time off
- Retirement plan
- Generous parental leave
About Nscale
A company building and operating AI infrastructure and compute platforms. — Industry: Information Technology