Andromeda Cluster was founded by Nat Friedman and Daniel Gross to give early-stage startups access to the kind of scaled AI infrastructure once reserved only for hyperscalers. We began with a single managed cluster — but it filled almost instantly. Today, Andromeda works with leading AI labs, data centers, and cloud providers to deliver compute when and where it’s needed most. Our long-term vision is to build the liquidity layer for global AI compute. We are expanding to new frontiers to find the brightest that work in AI infrastructure, research and engineering.
VP of Engineering
Location
United States
Posted
20 days ago
Salary
Not specified
No structured requirement data.
Job Description
Role Description
We’re hiring a VP of Engineering to lead the technical organization behind Andromeda’s platform and operations. This is a builder–operator role, not a pure people-management role. This is a change leadership role, not a “scale what already works” role. Your job is to introduce the structure we need to scale, and do so without alienating a high-performing team or grinding the business to a halt.
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Build the Platform (Hands-On Where It Matters)
- Own the architecture, development, and operation of Andromeda Cloud, Andromeda Rails, and Andromeda OS.
- Success looks like a world-class developer experience, frictionless supply onboarding, and automated matching.
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Own Customer Solutions and Support
- Accountable for platform stability, performance, and uptime.
- Incident response, observability, and post-mortems.
- DevOps and SRE excellence.
- Turning customer pain into fast product improvements.
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Be a Technical Partner to Revenue
- Support large, complex, high-stakes deals with deep technical credibility.
- Translate customer needs into concrete architectures.
- Build tools, benchmarks, demos, and POCs that accelerate sales.
- Equip GTM teams with accurate technical materials and guardrails.
- Close the loop between the field and the roadmap.
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Build the Engineering Organization (Without Bureaucracy)
- Build a small, elite, high-trust engineering team.
- Hire exceptional engineers with strong judgment and ownership.
- Set clear priorities and technical direction.
- Avoid premature process while enforcing accountability.
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Own Security and Compliance
- Lead SOC 2 Type II and ISO readiness and certification.
- Define security architecture across platform, infrastructure, and data.
- Manage third-party risk and vendor security.
- Support enterprise and government procurement.
- Build a compliance roadmap that scales without slowing innovation.
Qualifications
- Extremely interested in, excited about, and familiar with modern AI infrastructure.
- Senior engineering leader who still goes hands-on when needed.
- Experience architecting, building, and operating infrastructure or developer platforms.
- Strong systems thinker with sound judgment under ambiguity.
- Comfortable in zero-to-one and one-to-scale environments.
- Credible with customers, partners, and senior technical stakeholders.
- Experience with reliability-critical systems (infra, SRE, networking).
- Exposure to enterprise security and compliance.
Requirements
- Lead with authority after earning trust.
- Move at a pace that balances relationship building and organizational change.
- Ability to work effectively without large teams, excessive meetings, or heavy processes.
- Own design and architecture responsibilities.
- Engage in customer-facing responsibilities.
- Prioritize shipping over extensive planning.
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer.
- Commitment to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
Job Requirements
- Extremely interested in, excited about, and familiar with modern AI infrastructure.
- Senior engineering leader who still goes hands-on when needed.
- Experience architecting, building, and operating infrastructure or developer platforms.
- Strong systems thinker with sound judgment under ambiguity.
- Comfortable in zero-to-one and one-to-scale environments.
- Credible with customers, partners, and senior technical stakeholders.
- Experience with reliability-critical systems (infra, SRE, networking).
- Exposure to enterprise security and compliance.
- Lead with authority after earning trust.
- Move at a pace that balances relationship building and organizational change.
- Ability to work effectively without large teams, excessive meetings, or heavy processes.
- Own design and architecture responsibilities.
- Engage in customer-facing responsibilities.
- Prioritize shipping over extensive planning.
Benefits
- Equal opportunity employer.
- Commitment to creating an inclusive environment for all employees.
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