Staff Data Center Engineer
Boston, MA · HybridJob$146–225K/yrPosted 3mo agoStill listed 5 days ago
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Job overview
PathAI is seeking a staff-level Site Reliability Engineer to design, build, and operate data center infrastructure for AI/ML training and inference. The role focuses on SRE practices, secure on-premises environments, hybrid cloud integration, and infrastructure reliability. The engineer will support production systems, participate in on-call rotations and incident response, and may travel to data center locations as needed.
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Full job description
PathAI's mission is to improve patient outcomes with AI-powered pathology.
PathAI is transforming traditional pathology methods into powerful, new technologies. These innovations in pathology can help accelerate drug development, improve confidence in the accuracy of diagnosis, and get life-saving therapies to patients more quickly. At PathAI, you'll work with a diverse and talented team of people, who are dedicated to solving complex problems and making a huge impact.
We're looking for a skilled staff level Site Reliability Engineer focused on designing, building, and operating our hybrid AI/ML training and inference environment.
The Opportunity
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You will advance the state of our operations by implementing SRE best practices - focusing on users, monitoring, and automation.
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You will design, build and operate our data center to support our rapidly growing Machine Learning team.
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You will build highly-secure on-premises environments handling NIST/ISO standards.
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You will integrate on-premises datacenter environments with existing cloud infrastructure to create a seamless hybrid cloud environment.
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You will improve the reliability and resilience of our infrastructure through root-cause analysis and reviewing gaps in designs, and implementations of our infrastructure.
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You will participate in platform on-call rotations and assist with urgent incident response.
Who You Are: (Required)
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You have a BS in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, Software Engineering or closely related technical field.
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You have 8 years experience working in physical hardware/facilities, networking, automation or other relevant areas.
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You have demonstrated experience with modern datacenter network designs and comfort operating across network layers.
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You’ve administered physical hardware stacks in production settings (iDRAC/IPMI/Nvidia UFM/Juniper Systems).
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You have demonstrated experience and opinions on virtualization, containerization, or container orchestration platforms. (EKS-Anywhere/ClusterAPI/KVM).
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You have strong expertise in storage solutions and optimizing them for high-performance workloads (e.g., Quobyte, S3, FSx, EFS).
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You are highly proficient with automation tools; you eliminate toil by automating everything through scripting, configuration management tools (Ansible/RedFish).
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You’ve built monitoring infrastructure with modern observability tools (Datadog/Grafana/Prometheus).
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You have a proven operational background managing critical production systems, with extensive experience in incident response, infrastructure scaling, and navigating high-growth challenges.
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You have the ability to travel to onsite Datacenter location(s) as needed (most likely a maximum of once per quarter).
Preferred:
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You have outstanding interpersonal, verbal, and written communication and influencing skills: have built and cultivated important relationships both inside and outside of the organization and externally; have proven abilities to influence internal partners and stakeholders, thought leaders, national advocacy organizations, national standard-setting bodies, and other relevant external parties.
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You have strong analytical and critical thinking skills with attention to detail; you have the ability to manage multiple projects and drive results in a fast-paced environment; you have a collaborative mindset with demonstrated leadership capabilities..
This is a hybrid position based in Boston (preferred), NYC, Indianapolis. (A remote option may be considered for an exceptional candidate.) Relocation benefits are not available for this position.
The expected salary range for this position based on the primary location Boston, MA is $146,250 - $225,000. Actual pay will be determined based on experience, qualifications, geographic location, and other job-related factors permitted by law.
PathAI is an equal opportunity employer. It is our policy and practice to employ, promote, and otherwise treat any and all employees and applicants on the basis of merit, qualifications, and competence. The company's policy prohibits unlawful discrimination, including but not limited to, discrimination on the basis of Protected Veteran status, individuals with disabilities status, and consistent with all federal, state, or local laws.
How this job compares
Set against the 2,432 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 9, 2026.
- Pay
- This posting$146–225K/yr
- Massachusetts median$131–212K/yr48 salary ranges
- US median$140–230K/yr1,955 salary ranges
This range's midpoint, $186K, is 6% above the Massachusetts median midpoint ($175K) — in the middle half of Site Reliability Engineer salary ranges in Massachusetts.
- Openings
- Olive Jobs lists 57 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs in Massachusetts and 2,432 across the US. 19% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
- Hiring the most in Massachusetts
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- Experience
- This posting asks for at least 8 years of experience; Site Reliability Engineer postings that state a minimum ask for 6 years at the median (1,998 postings).
- Education
- This posting asks for a bachelor's degree; 581 of the 2,432 open Site Reliability Engineer jobs (24%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.
Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 9, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.
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