Data Center Infrastructure Architect

Fluidstack

$200K — $300K *
Information Technology
Less than 5 years of experience
Job Overview by Ladders

Qualifications

  • 5-7 years in designing hyperscale data center networks (1000+ racks, 100K+ fiber strands).
  • Proficient in structured cabling systems like Corning and Panduit.
  • Deep understanding of optical standards (IEEE 802.3, OIF) and transceiver technologies (400G/800G DR4, FR4, LR4, SR8).
  • Expertise in managing fiber loss budgets and testing methodologies (OTDR, insertion loss, polarity verification).
  • Experience integrating designs into DCIM tools (NetBox, Remedy or equivalent).
  • Bonus: RCDD certification and knowledge in coherent DCI.

Responsibilities

  • Own end-to-end physical implementation of the data center network including fiber plant architecture and cabling integration.
  • Collaborate with construction and engineering teams on designs related to power, cooling, and space management.
  • Break down DCN logical port maps into physical cross-connect and automate port-to-fiber mapping.
  • Define types of cassettes and structured cabling hierarchy while modeling fiber utilization.
  • Select optics based on performance metrics and maintain compliance across vendor technologies.
  • Manage ICT Basis of Design documents along with integration into DCIM tools for operational efficiency.

Benefits

  • Competitive total compensation package including salary and equity.
  • Retirement or pension plan based on local standards.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance coverage.
  • Generous paid time off (PTO) policy as per local norms.
Full Job Description
How We Operate
  • Extreme ownership. Full autonomy. Own things end to end often taking on scope outside your core role without being asked to get things done.
  • Velocity. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.
  • First principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.
  • Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.
The Infrastructure Team

Examples of key problems the team is working on
  • Design the physical layer AGI is trained on. ISP/OSP cable plants carry hundreds of thousands of fiber terminations per building, rail-optimized for the densest GPU fabrics ever built, at 800G today and 1.6T next.
  • One design, every site. Turn the cable plant from a bespoke months-long exercise into a stamped reference architecture deployed across 10 GW of capacity by 2027, validated once and built everywhere.
  • Design for silicon that doesn't exist yet. Every GPU generation rewrites the density, optics, and pathway math, but the plant you spec must survive three of them.
Role Scope
  • Own the end-to-end physical implementation of the data center network: fiber plant architecture, transceiver planning, and structured cabling integration for hyperscale sites.
  • Collaborate with CSA, MEP, and construction teams on power, cooling, space, pathways, cabinets, and racks, and develop, read, and interpret construction drawings in Bluebeam, ACC, and Procore.
  • Break down DCN logical port maps (TOR, spine, super-spine, DCI) into physical cross-connect and patching schedules, and automate port-to-fiber mapping at 100K+ ports per site.
  • Define cassette types (MTP/MPO Base-8/12/16), trunk counts, and structured cabling hierarchy, and model fiber utilization and overbuild for two to three hardware generations.
  • Select optics (400G/800G DR4, FR4, LR4, SR8, coherent DCI) by reach and loss budget, validate interoperability across vendors and generations, and maintain loss-budget and margin models for every link type.
  • Own the ICT Basis of Design, SOPs, and Division 26/27/28/33 master specifications, and integrate with DCIM (NetBox, custom tools) to track strands, ports, and patching.
What We're Looking For

The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.
  • You've designed hyperscale or cloud-provider data center networks (1000+ racks, 100K+ fiber strands).
  • You're expert in structured cabling systems (Corning, Panduit, CommScope) and MPO/MTP ecosystems.
  • You know optical standards (IEEE 802.3, OIF) and transceiver technologies (400G/800G DR4, FR4, LR4, SR8) deeply.
  • You command fiber loss budgets, dispersion, and testing methodologies (OTDR, insertion loss, polarity verification).
  • You integrate designs into DCIM tools (NetBox, Remedy, or custom hyperscaler equivalents).
  • Bonus: RCDD certification. Coherent DCI. Multi-generation optics roadmapping.
Salary & Benefits
  • Competitive total compensation package (salary + equity).
  • Retirement or pension plan, in line with local norms.
  • Health, dental, and vision insurance.
  • Generous PTO policy, in line with local norms.


The base salary range for this position is $200,000 - $300,000 per year, depending on experience, skills, qualifications, and location. This range represents our good faith estimate of the compensation for this role at the time of posting. Total compensation may also include equity in the form of stock options.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

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