Note: The job is a remote job and is open to candidates in USA. Armada is a leading hyperscaler for edge AI infrastructure, recognized for its innovative solutions deployed globally. The Value Engineer role focuses on financial modeling and customer engagement to communicate the value of Leviathan, a modular data center, to various stakeholders.
Responsibilities
- Build and own full‑stack financial models for Leviathan deployments, including:
- CapEx / OpEx profiles
- IRR, NPV, payback, and sensitivity analyses
- Energy cost structures (gas, stranded power, grid arbitrage)
- Compute economics ($/TFLOP, $/rack, density‑driven margins)
- Model customer ROI across use cases (AI training, inference, sovereign compute, edge workloads)
- Quantify macro‑level impacts (regional GDP uplift, employment, tax base expansion) to support CORE Zones and public‑sector discussions
- Partner with Sales, BD, and leadership to present Leviathan’s business case to:
- Hyperscalers & neo‑clouds
- Energy producers & utilities
- Data center operators
- Government and economic‑development stakeholders
- Tailor financial narratives to different buyers, CFOs, CIOs, infrastructure leads, and investment committees
- Become a trusted economic advisor, not just a modeler
- Help identify and cultivate financial champions inside customer organizations
- Support commercial structuring, pricing, and deal terms using data‑driven analysis
- Prepare materials suitable for investment committees, boards, and public‑private initiatives
- Operate with a research‑analyst mindset:
- Track AI compute trends, neo‑cloud economics, energy markets, and data‑center innovation
- Pressure‑test assumptions and update models as the market evolves
- Contribute to whitepapers, internal memos, and executive‑level briefings that shape company strategy
Skills
- Investment Banking or Private Equity background, especially in Infrastructure, energy, data centers, or industrials
- Experience presenting deals to investment committees
- Research‑driven analysts (e.g., equity research, independent tech research) with deep curiosity about AI, semiconductors, or compute infrastructure
- Experience with data center platforms
- Experience with neo‑cloud operators
- Experience with energy‑adjacent infrastructure companies
- Expert‑level financial modeling (comfort building models from scratch)
- Ability to translate technical infrastructure into business & financial outcomes
- Confident, customer‑ready communicator, able to walk a CFO through a model without hiding behind spreadsheets
- Strong written clarity, able to produce investor‑grade decks and memos
- High intellectual honesty; comfortable challenging assumptions
- Entrepreneurial mindset, bias toward action, ownership, and iteration
- Strong candidates will resemble those with a go-getter with a growth mindset, intellectually curious, strong business acumen, and actively seeking opportunities to build relevant skills and knowledge
- Detail-oriented problem-solver, able to independently gather information, solve problems efficiently, and deliver results with a 'get-it-done' attitude
- Thrive in a fast-paced environment, energized by an entrepreneurial spirit, capable of working quickly, and excited to contribute to a growing company
- Collaborative team player, focused on business success and motivated by team accomplishment vs personal agenda
- Highly organized and results-driven with strong prioritization skills and a dedicated work ethic
Benefits
- Equity
- Subsidized benefits (details available upon request)
- Medical, dental, and vision (subsidized cost)
- Health savings accounts (HSA), flexible spending accounts (FSA), and dependent care FSAs (DCFSA)
- Retirement plan options, including 401(k) and Roth 401(k)
- Unlimited paid time off (PTO)
- 14 paid company holidays per year
Company Overview
Armada develops computing infrastructure that supports AI processing, connectivity, and data management in remote environments. It was founded in 2022, and is headquartered in San Francisco, California, USA, with a workforce of 201-500 employees. Its website is https://www.armada.ai.