--- title: 'Colocation & Data Center Manager at Shadeform' canonical: 'https://feeny.ai/job/colocation-data-center-manager-shadeform-remote-nhs25mq3tfb3' type: 'job' last_seen: '2026-10-18' --- # Colocation & Data Center Manager at Shadeform - **Company:** Shadeform - **Location:** Remote - **Employment:** full-time - **Work type:** remote - **Posted:** 2026-06-30 - **Last confirmed live:** 2026-10-18 - **Apply:** https://jobs.ashbyhq.com/shadeform/4c8d6a05-8c35-4788-807b-8589ed3d7dc9/application **Skills:** Business development, Site selection, Supply chain management, Capacity planning, Account management, Data center operations, Colocation, Powered land, Cloud infrastructure, Project finance, Project development, Power generation, Transmission, Utility infrastructure, Neo-cloud operations, Data center development, Hardware OEM experience, Energy development, Commercial real estate data center experience > The Colocation & Data Center Manager sources new capacity and builds long-term relationships with data center operators and developers. This role involves qualifying opportunities, managing supplier accounts, and supporting demand-side conversations to help clients scale their GPU infrastructure. ## Job description ## About Shadeform Shadeform is a GPU cloud marketplace. We aggregate compute across 30+ cloud providers through a single API and dashboard, so teams can find, deploy, and manage GPUs wherever capacity is available and affordable. We're a YC-backed company (S23) that is on track to surpass $100M in revenue this year. We're a small team of around 15 people building one of the most important layers of AI infrastructure. ## About the Role As demand for GPUs outpaces supply, the most engaging part of our business is finding and developing capacity. We source it by going deeper into the market than anyone else: working directly with data center operators, developers, and neo-clouds, and helping them clear the barriers that keep them from scaling. As our Colocation & Data Center Manager, you'll work alongside our supply lead to build out the colocation and powered land side of that program. The role is part business development and part account management. You'll source new capacity, build long-term relationships with the operators who hold it, and help them solve the power, space, and capital constraints that limit their growth. This is primarily a supply sourcing and account-management role, with occasional direct engagement on the demand side when it helps close a deal. ## What You'll Do Source colocation and powered land capacity - Run outbound to smaller and mid-tier data center operators, developers, and neo-clouds. - Qualify opportunities on the factors that matter: power quota, colocation space, capital readiness, zoning and regulatory status, pricing, and timeline. - Help operators clear the barriers to scale - often power, space, or capital. You'll help them solve it, or connect them with partners who can. Manage and grow supplier relationships - Own recurring touch points across the supplier base, on a weekly or biweekly cadence depending on the account. - Track capacity as it comes online, plan against it, and capture it for Shadeform's customers. - Become the first call operators make when they have capacity to move or need help expanding it. Support demand when it matters - Step in alongside the supply lead and sales team on demand-side conversations when your relationships or expertise help move a deal forward. ## What You'll Bring - 3+ years (5+ preferred) in business development, site selection, supply, capacity, or account management within data centers, colocation, powered land, or cloud infrastructure. - A track record of building and owning long-term commercial relationships, not one-off transactions. - Experience qualifying capacity or deals across power, colocation space, capital readiness, zoning and regulatory, pricing, and timeline. - Comfort operating in a new, fast-moving function where you'll build process as you go. - Willingness to travel occasionally to suppliers and sites. ## Nice to Have - Direct experience on the colocation and/or powered land side of the market. - Project finance or project development experience involving colocation facilities, data centers, or GPU cluster deployments. - Familiarity with power generation, transmission, or utility infrastructure. - Experience at a neo-cloud, data center developer or operator, hardware OEM (server, storage, or networking), energy or power developer, utility infrastructure firm, or a commercial real estate data center and industrial team. - An existing network of operators, developers, or capacity partners. ## What We Offer - Competitive base salary, performance-based variable compensation, and meaningful equity in a profitable, fast-growing company. - A remote-first team that works across the US and EU. - The chance to build a brand-new function and own one of the most strategic areas of our business as it scales. - Comprehensive health benefits and flexible time off. ## Equal Opportunity Shadeform is an equal opportunity employer. We're committed to building a diverse team and welcome applicants of all backgrounds. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status. To apply, submit your resume through our careers page and we'll be in touch. ## About Shadeform ## Company Overview - **One-liner**: Shadeform is a GPU cloud marketplace that provides a unified platform and API for AI and ML teams to access and manage GPU capacity across multiple cloud providers. - **Entity Type**: Private (Pre-Seed/Seed stage; total funding $500K) - **Headquarters**: San Francisco, California, United States - **Founded**: 2023 - **Founders**: Ed Goode (CEO) and Ronald Ding (CTO) ## Core Business - **Primary industry**: Cloud infrastructure for AI/ML (GPU computing) - **Target customers**: B2B – AI startups, engineering teams, and enterprises that need reliable, on-demand GPU capacity for training and inference workloads. - **Mission or purpose statement**: To unify ML infrastructure across clouds so teams are never blocked by their current provider’s GPU capacity and features. ## Products & Services - **Shadeform Platform**: A single console and API that aggregates GPU availability and pricing from 30+ vetted providers across 100+ regions. Users can provision instances, deploy models for inference, receive availability notifications, configure auto-reservations, and manage all providers from one control plane. - **Unified API**: Generalized API to launch workloads on any provider without managing multiple cloud logins, quotas, or vendor integrations. ## Market Standing - **Valuation / Market Cap**: Not disclosed (private company) - **Key Metric**: Total fundraised: $500K (latest round: Seed VC; previously pre-seed) - **Notable Investors/Partners**: Y Combinator (Summer 2023 batch), Unpopular Ventures, Translink Capital, Soma Capital, Charlotte Fund - **Growth Signals**: Small but growing team of 10-11 employees; active job postings (Founding Software Engineer, Chief of Staff, Founding Sales, Operations Specialist, Senior Marketer); LinkedIn follower growth +14.9% monthly; recent hires from top tech companies (Microsoft, AWS, Robinhood, Tesla, io.net). ## Competitive Advantages - **Multi-cloud abstraction**: Eliminates the friction of dealing with disparate provider interfaces, quotas, and support pipelines. - **Real-time availability & pricing data**: Ensures inference and training jobs run at optimal cost without manual comparison. - **Strong industry partnerships**: Vetted network of 30+ GPU cloud providers, enabling capacity that large hyperscalers cannot always offer. - **Founder expertise**: Previous experience building and operating critical cloud infrastructure at AWS, Azure, and scaling distributed systems at Robinhood. ## Strategic Focus - **Scaling the platform**: Adding more providers and regions to expand capacity and geographic reach. - **Automation & self-service**: Enhancing auto-reservation, notifications, and one-click deployment to reduce manual overhead. - **Go-to-market expansion**: Hiring sales and marketing leadership to reach AI startups and enterprise teams struggling with GPU shortages. ## Why Work Here - **Impact**: Early-stage infrastructure startup where engineers and sales hires can directly shape the product and company direction. - **Remote-friendly**: Roles listed as San Francisco, CA / Remote (US) – flexible work arrangement. - **Culture**: Small, high-impact team working on hard infrastructure problems; YC-backed with a fast-paced, ownership-driven environment. - **Compensation**: Salary ranges posted ($100K-$190K for engineering, $125K-$300K for founding sales, plus equity likely included). - **Engineering focus**: Building distributed systems, cloud APIs, and orchestration tools – ideal for engineers who enjoy deep infrastructure challenges. ## Sources 1. [Shadeform Careers](https://shadeform.com/jobs) 2. [Y Combinator Profile](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shadeform) 3. [LinkedIn Company Page](https://www.linkedin.com/company/shadeformai) 4. [CB Insights Profile](https://www.cbinsights.com/company/shadeform) 5. [Y Combinator Jobs](https://www.ycombinator.com/companies/shadeform/jobs) ## Other roles at Shadeform - [Sourcing Manager / Sourcing Associate](https://feeny.ai/job/sourcing-manager-sourcing-associate-shadeform-remote-za2hg41k42gn) - [Data Center Development Advisor](https://feeny.ai/job/data-center-development-advisor-shadeform-remote-r3ans8k78m95) - [Senior Software Engineer - Cloud Platform](https://feeny.ai/job/senior-software-engineer-cloud-platform-shadeform-remote-7arh3hyr6yq3) - [Sales Development Representative](https://feeny.ai/job/sales-development-representative-shadeform-remote-s4pnywzssrbt) - [Customer Success Engineer II](https://feeny.ai/job/customer-success-engineer-ii-shadeform-remote-hctq9746g795)