As a Staff Engineer on the Datacenter Server Lifecycle team, you will own the end-to-end operational journey of every machine in our facility , from initial provisioning and deployment, across its working life, through maintenance and refresh, and all the way to decommissioning. This is greenfield work: you will help define the processes, tooling, and operational standards that govern how we run and retire hardware at scale.
A distinguishing aspect of this role is its deep intersection with security. The machines in our datacenter handle some of the most sensitive workloads in AI , training frontier models and serving millions of users interacting with Claude. Ensuring that every machine in the fleet is trusted, attested, and operating with a verified chain of integrity from the hardware up is a core part of the job, not an afterthought. You will partner closely with our Infrastructure Security team to define and enforce trusted compute standards across the lifecycle, from secure provisioning through end-of-life handling.
Key responsibilities include leading the build-out of automation to support datacenters containing tens of thousands of servers, defining and owning the end-to-end server lifecycle strategy, partnering with Infrastructure Security to design and enforce trusted compute standards, working closely with the Networking team to ensure end-to-end connectivity, and building and maintaining tooling to track machine health, configuration, and operational status.
The ideal candidate will have hands-on experience with server hardware, end-to-end understanding of hardware lifecycle management, proficiency in at least one programming language, working knowledge of modern cloud infrastructure, ability to communicate clearly and build consensus with stakeholders, comfort navigating ambiguity, and willingness to travel occasionally to datacenter sites.
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