Senior Bare-Metal Compute Architect (GPU)

Torus; Salt Lake City (UT); Hybrid; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

401(k) Retirement Savings Plan

Health benefits package

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Unlimited discretionary PTO

Paid holidays

Parental leave

Job summary

Torus in Salt Lake City is hiring a Senior Compute Engineer to own the design, provisioning, and lifecycle of the compute infrastructure that powers our systems. You will bring bare‑metal servers from rack to production, building secure, automated processes for bring‑up and fleet operations.

This hands‑on role requires deep Linux, BMC, and GPU expertise, mentoring juniors and setting standards across sites, with occasional travel within Utah and a hybrid remote work model.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field.
• 5+ years of experience in systems engineering, data center operations, or infrastructure engineering, with significant bare‑metal server experience.
• Hands‑on experience configuring and managing BMCs at scale (Supermicro IPMI, iDRAC, iLO, or similar), including Redfish and IPMI tooling.
• Hands‑on experience with GPU or accelerated compute nodes: drivers, firmware, and burn‑in validation.
• Working knowledge of high‑speed server networking (25/100/400G, RDMA, RoCE or InfiniBand)
• Proficiency in at least one scripting language (Python or Bash).
• Experience writing technical documentation, runbooks, and commissioning or acceptance procedures.

Responsibilities

• Bare‑metal hardware and BMC management: configure networks, user management, certificates, and firmware.
• GPU compute and fabric: manage drivers, diagnostics, and burn‑in processes.
• Power, cooling, and physical standards: map power and ensure safe operations.
• Compute architecture and standards: define reference builds and baselines for nodes.
• Automation and fleet operations: build automation for hardware config and fleet registration.
• Security and compliance: apply CIS/NIST‑aligned standards and remediation.
• Collaboration and leadership: mentor engineers, produce runbooks and diagrams.

Skills

Linux administration

Scripting (Python or Bash)

Troubleshooting

Team leadership

Communication

Education

Bachelor's degree in computer science, engineering, or a related field

Tools

BMC management (IPMI/Redfish)

MAAS provisioning

PXE/iPXE

Ansible

Foreman

Job description

Torus in Salt Lake City is hiring a Senior Compute Engineer to own the design, provisioning, and lifecycle of the compute infrastructure that powers our systems. You will bring bare‑metal servers from rack to production, building secure, automated processes for bring‑up and fleet operations.

This hands‑on role requires deep Linux, BMC, and GPU expertise, mentoring juniors and setting standards across sites, with occasional travel within Utah and a hybrid remote work model.