Compute Infrastructure Lead
About Amodo
Amodo is a hardware engineering company building the 21st century’s most important technologies. Our team of mechanical, electronic, firmware, and software engineers are trusted by world-leading startups, universities, governments and philanthropists to solve pressing technical challenges.
We are selective in the projects we take on and proactive in seeking out where our exceptional engineering teams can make the most impact. We believe in differential technology development: deliberately accelerating safety-enhancing technologies to ensure human flourishing. Not every technology is inevitable – rather, the market fails to incentivise key domains. We work in these areas.
The role
As a Compute Infrastructure Lead, you will own our physical compute across two Sheffield sites: servers used for internal R&D, and bespoke instrumented setups rented to external researchers through our Side Channel Cloud. You will handle everything from racking, reconfiguring and administering hardware and networks to researching and ordering new equipment, and keeping our inventory and tooling accurate.
What you’ll do
- Reconfiguring hardware for internal projects and external tenants, including fitting measurement equipment (oscilloscopes, current probes, sensors)
- Troubleshooting hardware and software setups
- Configuring and maintaining networking equipment
- Racking, cabling, labelling and maintaining servers at both sites
- Running tenant changeovers: communicating with tenants, re-imaging hardware, access setup, handover and clean-up
- Specifying, quoting, ordering and chasing hardware with our suppliers
- Maintaining our inventory, server dashboard and network documentation
- OS administration, BMCs, firmware, networking and monitoring across the fleet
- Moving equipment between sites and racks as projects require
- Extending our internal provisioning and tracking tools
About You
We value drive, culture fit, and a track-record of engineering excellence above all else, but the below competencies, interests, and attributes are extremely desirable:
- Hands-on experience building and maintaining computer and server hardware
- Strong Linux administration and scripting skills (Bash, Python)
- Practical networking experience: VLANs, switching, firewall rules, VPNs and overlay networks
- A proactive, self-directed approach to getting things done, including procurement and supplier follow-up
- Meticulous organisation: accurate inventories, clear labelling, and documentation that matches reality
- Comfortable with physical work, including lifting equipment and working across two sites
- Driving licence: it will be necessary to physically move equipment, including hiring a van
- Happy to be in-person full-time
Helpful, not necessary: experience with GPU servers, lab instrumentation, confidential computing.
If you run a home lab you’re proud of and want to do it at scale, this role is for you!
What is it like to work at Amodo?
- Our values: Truth-seeking, excellent, enthusiastic, kind, humble, and always learning
- Our approach: We think before diving in, iterate fast, and focus on the highest-impact 80/20 work. We favour rapid experimentation, quick feedback loops, and sprinting to “something that works” rather than over-planning.
- Feedback culture: We practice radical candor, which means being clear and direct while staying kind, and welcoming feedback at every level
- No “not my job”-ism: If we see something wrong, we fix it. If your part of a project is going great and another is struggling, don’t settle for polishing a chunk of a struggling ship
- Socials: Table tennis every lunch, personal project evenings, pub trips, trail running club, and more
- Office: Spacious, modern space in central Sheffield, with parking and bike storage. In-house workshop and equipment for our mechanical and electrical work.
Interview process
To let you know a bit more about what to expect, our core interview process is as follows. We may occasionally include 1–3 additional stages, including aptitude tests or video calls with one of our founders.
- 15 minute technical screening interview
- 1 hour technical interview
- 1.5 hour in-person interview
- Offer
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