HPC Engineer

Institute of Foundation Models

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Sunnyvale, CA on site Until 9/22/2026 2+ years exp First posted June 1, 2026 Last posted July 24, 2026
Job description
About MBZUAI
The Institute for Foundation Models (IFM) operates some of the world's largest AI supercomputing environments.

Position Summary
This role provides operational coverage during Abu Dhabi overnight hours and serves as a primary point of contact for infrastructure monitoring, incident triage, researcher support, and production operations.

Responsibilities

    • Monitor health, performance, and availability of large-scale GPU clusters.
    • Respond to incidents and perform first-level triage.
    • Support researchers and troubleshoot job failures.
    • Execute operational runbooks and recovery procedures.
    • Validate cluster deployments, upgrades, and maintenance activities.
    • Track infrastructure utilization and operational metrics.
    • Develop automation and monitoring tools.
    • Contribute to documentation and reporting.

Education

    Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Software Engineering, Information Technology, Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, Physics, or related disciplines.

Experience

    • 2+ years in Linux systems administration, SRE, DevOps, cloud operations, HPC, or infrastructure operations.
    • Strong Linux troubleshooting skills.
    • Experience with scripting using Python or Bash.

Preferred Qualifications

    • Slurm.
    • GPU infrastructure.
    • AWS, Azure, or GCP.
    • Grafana, Prometheus, Datadog, or similar tools.
    • Containers and Kubernetes.
    • AI/ML infrastructure exposure.
    • Research computing environments.
Benefits Include
*Comprehensive medical, dental, and vision benefits 
 *Bonus
*401K Plan
*Generous paid time off, sick leave and holidays
*Paid Parental Leave
*Employee Assistance Program
*Life insurance and disability
 

Compensation (from employer):
150000–300000 USD per year

About this role

Summary

Monitor GPU clusters, support research, troubleshoot, automate, and optimize HPC infrastructure

Job title

HPC Engineer

Experience level

2+ years

Minimum experience

2+ years exp

Industry

software

Location requirements

onsite in Sunnyvale, CA with remote possible

Salary

$150k–$300k

Management role

No

Skills & keywords

Required skills

Linux troubleshootingPythonBash

Preferred skills

SlurmGPU infrastructureAWSAzureGCPGrafanaPrometheusDatadogcontainersKubernetesAI/ML infrastructure

Specializations

GPU clustersLinuxHPCDevOpscloud
Locations

Structured locations inferred from the posting.

Sunnyvale, CA, USA

Hybrid City
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