VP Platform Engineering

📋 Job Overview

Volta builds and operates large scale GPU compute infrastructure for frontier AI customers. The software that turns racks of GPUs into a usable platform is its own product, and it is the one you will own. You will build and run the organization behind Volta's platform: the multi-tenant IaaS, the software that provisions and manages the bare metal beneath it, the network fabric integration, and over time the higher-level services that sit on top of an AI factory. You set the strategic direction for all of it under high-level guidance from the CTO, and you build the organization that delivers it.

🏢 About Volta

Volta is the category-defining, fully vertically integrated AI infrastructure platform – from capital to clusters to software, under a founder-led enterprise. Our mission is The Utility of Compute™: AI infrastructure as dependable and available as electricity, for every organization that needs it. Launched with a $10B strategic partnership with one of the leading frontier AI labs, a Series A led by Andreessen Horowitz, and a $5B AI Infrastructure Fund, Volta is building the infrastructure layer of the AI era from the ground up. We are 100+ people across London, Palo Alto, and New York, with rapid growth expectations to hundreds.

🎯 The Role

You will build and run the organization behind Volta's platform: the multi-tenant IaaS, the software that provisions and manages the bare metal beneath it, the network fabric integration, and over time the higher-level services that sit on top of an AI factory. You set the strategic direction for all of it under high-level guidance from the CTO, and you build the organization that delivers it.

✅ Key Responsibilities

• The platform. The multi-tenant IaaS and bare metal management stacks, the network fabric integration and the software that programs it, the customer-facing console and APIs, the operational and analytics tooling above the data center layer, the build-versus-buy calls, and the architecture that keeps all of it coherent as Volta scales.
• The organization. Headcount and budget, the leadership structure beneath you, the hiring bar, and the health and retention of an organization growing toward 50-plus engineers across two continents.
• Delivery and reliability. The platform meeting its commitments to internal and customer-facing stakeholders, at the operational quality frontier AI deployments demand.
• The interfaces. Clean, well-understood boundaries with the project delivery and infrastructure engineering functions, the CDO's organization, security engineering, and product.

🎁 Benefits

US: California
$365K – $470K • Offers Equity • Offers Bonus
The posted range reflects the typical compensation for this role. Actual compensation is based on market rate, factoring in qualifications, experience, location, and the value you bring - while ensuring fairness and consistency across our organization. Eligible employees also receive a total rewards package, including a discretionary bonus, equity awards, and comprehensive benefits.

🛂 Visa & Eligibility

Visa sponsorship may be available for this role. Please contact Volta's HR team for more information.