Strategic Compute Investments

Baseten; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 320,000; Full time

Job summary

Baseten is seeking a senior Financial/Corporate Development professional to own the analytical and structuring work behind multi-year compute investments. You will model, diligence, and help negotiate large data center and infrastructure transactions that shape Baseten's growth trajectory.

You will design deal structures, analyze unit economics and TCO, and present clear recommendations to senior leadership, while coordinating with Finance, Legal, Engineering, and external advisors.

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 role.
• Hands-on experience structuring, modeling, and executing complex transactions from first look through close.
• Exceptional financial modeling and analytical skills with the ability to turn analysis into clear recommendations.

Responsibilities

• Own the analytical and structuring work behind major supply transactions, including multi-year capacity commitments and data center opportunities.
• Build the financial models that underwrite each deal, from unit economics to scenario analysis, and present clear recommendations to leadership.
• Design deal structures balancing cost, flexibility, and risk, including terms, timing, prepayments, and financing options.
• Lead diligence on counterparties and opportunities, coordinating across teams and external advisors.
• Track market pricing, capital flows, and financing trends to inform strategy.

Skills

Investment banking

Private equity

Infrastructure investing

Corporate finance

Management consulting

Corporate development

Tools

Excel

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-gro