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IT Engineer, Data Center

Fluidstack

Company websitefluidstack.io (Fluidstack, opens in new tab)

Base salary $147K  to $182K

Employer-published annual base salary, USD. Advertised base range in Barber Lake, TX +2 more

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  • LocationBarber Lake, TX +2 more
  • WorkplaceOn-site
  • Status at last checkSource accepting applications when checked
  • Last checked (2 h ago) · observed since
All places named
  • Barber Lake, TX
  • Lubbock, TX
  • Houston, TX

About this job

About Fluidstack

We exist to make humanity more free. For most of human history, you farmed or you starved. Technology gave people more time for the things they wanted to do, instead of things they had to do. Powerful AI will be the biggest lever for human choice we've ever built - but only if models are aligned with what humanity actually wants. There are groups building AI who don't share these goals. Whoever deploys frontier compute infrastructure fastest will decide whether AI expands human freedom or shrinks it.

We're singularly focused on delivering 10 to 100s of GWs of compute faster than anyone else, rethinking every layer of the stack. We acquire power, design and build data centers, and operate them - with teams spanning hardware and software. Speed and scale are our key differentiators. Come be a part of building civilization-scale infrastructure for AI.


We hire people who care deeply about this problem space. If that is you, please apply!

How We Operate

  • Be a barrel. Full autonomy. Own things end to end, take on scope without being asked, no permission required to operate outside your core role.

  • Insane urgency. We drive everything forward as fast as possible.

  • Reason from first principles. Challenge every assumption. Zero analogy thinking, no egos, the best idea wins.

  • Love of the game. The frontier of AI is the most interesting problem of our time. We put in long hours at high intensity to push the frontier forward.

  • Build something that actually matters. If you're going to spend your time, spend it on something that matters to the world.

The It Team

  • Examples of key problems the team is working on

  • Engineer the systems behind one of the world's largest compute buildouts. Everything runs as code, version-controlled and reproducible, so a new hire, team, or site spins up in minutes instead of days. You'll build internal infrastructure with real engineering rigor and keep it ahead of a company growing 10x.

  • Solve multi-tenancy problems most IT engineers never touch. Fluidstack runs teams, sites, and customers in parallel, and the internal systems have to keep them cleanly separated and secure at speed. You'll own architecture problems usually reserved for product infrastructure, on the inside.

  • Give every employee the speed it takes to reach tens of gigawatts. The faster the company's people move, the faster we get to tens of gigawatts. You'll own the internal systems and support that keep a 10x workforce unblocked.

Role Scope

  • Build and run the on-site IT infrastructure at gigawatt-scale data center campuses, from corporate network and Wi-Fi to badge systems, conference rooms, and edge compute, so a new site is operational the day the first team arrives.

  • Automate provisioning of endpoints, identity, and access across a workforce growing 10x, so device setup and offboarding run as version-controlled code rather than manual tickets.

  • Own the multi-site IT stack that keeps teams, contractors, and customers cleanly separated and secure, coordinating with the security team on access controls and network segmentation.

  • Stand up repeatable IT deployment runbooks for each new campus so the tenth site comes online faster and cleaner than the first.

  • Resolve on-site incidents and unblock field and construction teams directly, closing the gap between a reported issue and a working system in hours, not days.

What We're Looking For

  • The below is a starting point. We always make space for exceptional people, so if you don't fit this role exactly, tell us where you would.

  • You've built and run IT infrastructure across multiple physical sites, standing up networks, identity, and endpoint management from nothing rather than inheriting a mature environment.

  • You've automated IT operations with code (scripting, infrastructure-as-code, MDM policy as code) so that a task done twice by hand became software.

  • You've owned identity and access management (SSO, SCIM, directory services) for a fast-growing organization without letting access sprawl or offboarding gaps accumulate.

  • You've been the person field, construction, or operations teams call when systems are down on site, and you've resolved incidents under time pressure with people waiting on you.

  • You've designed multi-tenant or segmented network environments that kept separate teams, sites, or customers secure without slowing anyone down.

  • You write documentation and runbooks clear enough that the next engineer can stand up a site without asking you how.

  • Bonus: Data center or industrial site IT experience. Hands-on networking (BGP, VLANs, firewalls) at scale. Okta, Jamf, or Intune administration. Security or compliance framework exposure (SOC 2, ISO 27001).

Physical Requirements

  • Work in non-climate-controlled environments, including active construction areas, data halls, electrical and mechanical rooms, and outdoor spaces. Temperatures can be high or low, and conditions can be humid, loud or dusty.

  • Lift, carry, push and pull up to 40 pounds on your own.

  • Sit, stand, walk, kneel, bend and crouch for long periods, including full shifts on your feet.

  • Wear the required personal protective equipment (PPE), such as hard hats, safety glasses, steel-toed boots, gloves and hearing protection, and follow site safety rules.

  • Climb stairs and ladders, and move around equipment, cable trays and uneven surfaces.

We are committed to pay equity and transparency.

Fluidstack is an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability and protected veterans’ status, or any other characteristic protected by law. Fluidstack will consider for employment qualified applicants with arrest and conviction records pursuant to applicable law.


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Pay in context

This role's base floor ($147,000) is above 43% of the 72 IT & Security roles in Texas listed on this site. Their median floor is $157,238; the middle half runs from $130,375 to $162,800.

Only jobs on this site count, and each one publishes a base salary of $100,000 or more, so this compares six-figure jobs with each other, not with the whole market. Computed Nov 6, 2026.

This range next to 6 other live Fluidstack roles with the nearest advertised base floor
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This range next to 6 other live Fluidstack roles with the nearest advertised base floor
RolePublished base
IT Engineer, Data Center (this listing)$147K - $182K
Safety Manager$150K - $185K
Structured Finance, Associate$150K - $250K
Materials Manager$150K - $200K
Civil Designer, Capacity Delivery$144K - $189K
Lab Technician, Fluidstack Labs$152K - $178K
Production Planner$141K - $162K

Same $100K to $400K scale as every card. All Fluidstack roles · How to read the bar

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Observed since
Employer-stated posting date
2026-07-17
Where this pay comes from

Location as the employer wrote it: Barber Lake, TX • Lubbock, TX • Houston, TX

USD 147,000 – 182,000 · 1 YEAR · Salary

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