Strategic Compute Investments

Black.ai; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 180,000 - 280,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical insurance

Flexible PTO

Parental leave

Fertility stipend

401(k)

Job summary

Baseten is seeking a Strategic Compute Investments professional to structure and model large-scale compute transactions, negotiate data center and infrastructure deals, and guide leadership with data-driven recommendations. You will work directly with senior leadership and cross-functional teams to secure favorable terms and drive scalable growth.

You will own diligence across counterparties, track pricing trends, and design flexible deal terms to balance cost and risk while advancing Baseten's

Qualifications

• 7-10 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, infrastructure or real estate investing, venture or growth investing, management consulting, or a comparable corporate finance or corporate development role.
• Hands-on experience structuring, modeling, and executing complex transactions from first look through close.
• Exceptional financial modeling and analytical skills with the judgment to turn analysis into a clear recommendation.
• Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with senior leadership and external counterparties.

Responsibilities

• Own the analytical and structuring work behind major supply transactions, including multi-year capacity commitments, data center and powered land opportunities, and strategic partnerships.
• Build the financial models that underwrite each deal, from unit economics and TCO through return, risk, and scenario analysis, and turn them into clear recommendations for leadership.
• Design deal structures that balance cost, flexibility, and risk, including commitment terms, payment timing, prepayments, and financing options.
• Lead diligence on counterparties and opportunities, coordinating across Finance, Legal, Engineering, and external advisors.
• Track market pricing, capital flows, and financing trends across the compute and infrastructure landscape to inform strategy.

Skills

Investment banking

Private equity

Infrastructure investing

Financial modeling

Deal structuring

Executive communication

Ambiguity handling

AI infrastructure interest

Job description

ABOUT BASETEN

Baseten powers mission-critical inference for the world's most dynamic AI companies, like Cursor, Notion, OpenEvidence, Abridge, Clay, Gamma, and Writer. By uniting applied AI research, flexible infrastructure, and seamless developer tooling, we enable companies operating at the frontier of AI to bring cutting-edge models into production. We're growing quickly and recently raised our $1.5B Series F, led by Altimeter Capital, Conviction Partners, and Spark Capital. Join us and help build the platform engineers turn to ship AI products.

THE ROLE

Compute is one of the most capital-intensive and strategically important functions at Baseten. Every inference request we serve runs on capacity we have sourced, contracted, and financed, and the deals behind that capacity are growing in size and complexity.

As a member of the Strategic Compute Investments team, you will work on some of the largest and most complex compute investments. Working directly with our Head of Supply, Finance, and company leadership, you will structure, model, diligence, and help negotiate the large compute, data center, and infrastructure transactions that determine how fast and how profitably Baseten can grow.

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Own the analytical and structuring work behind major supply transactions, including multi-year capacity commitments, data center and powered land opportunities, and strategic partnerships
• Build the financial models that underwrite each deal, from unit economics and TCO through return, risk, and scenario analysis, and turn them into clear recommendations for leadership
• Design deal structures that balance cost, flexibility, and risk, including commitment terms, payment timing, prepayments, and financing options
• Lead diligence on counterparties and opportunities, coordinating across Finance, Legal, Engineering, and external advisors
• Track market pricing, capital flows, and financing trends across the compute and infrastructure landscape to inform strategy

WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR

• 7-10 years of experience in investment banking, private equity, infrastructure or real estate investing, venture or growth investing, management consulting, or a comparable corporate finance or corporate development role
• Hands-on experience structuring, modeling, and executing complex transactions from first look through close
• Exceptional financial modeling and analytical skills, with the judgment to turn analysis into a clear recommendation
• Strong communication skills and comfort working directly with senior leadership and external counterparties
• High ownership and comfort with ambiguity: you want to build the process, not inherit one
• Genuine interest in AI infrastructure and the economics of compute

NICE TO HAVE

• Experience investing in or financing digital infrastructure, data centers, power, or energy
• Exposure to compute, cloud, or GPU markets, including capacity contracts or infrastructure financing
• Prior experience moving from a finance or investing seat into an operating role at a high-growth company

BENEFITS

• Competitive compensation, including meaningful equity
• (U.S. only) 100% coverage of medical, dental, and vision insurance for employee and dependents
• Flexible PTO policy including company wide Winter Break (our offices are closed from Christmas Eve to New Year's Day!)
• Paid parental leave
• Fertility and family-building stipend through Carrot
• (U.S. only) Company-facilitated 401(k)
• Exposure to a variety of ML startups, offering unparalleled learning and networking opportunities.

At Baseten, we are committed to fostering a diverse and inclusive workplace. We provide equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, genetic information, disability, or veteran status.

We are an Equal Opportunity Employer and will consider qualified applicants with criminal histories in a manner consistent with applicable law (by example, the requirements of the San Francisco Fair Chance Ordinance, where applicable).