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Senior AI Network Systems Engineer

United States, Washington, Redmond💼 Full-time🗓 2026-07-16 → 2026-09-26

Core

Define and develop networking requirements for large-scale AI training and inference clusters, delivering scalable networking solutions from concept through datacenter deployment.

Role type

Senior IC AI Network Systems Engineer

Builds

Scalable networking solutions for large-scale AI training and inference clusters

Domain

AI infrastructure, high-performance computing, cloud data centers

Deliverable

production ML models | infrastructure

Required skills

RDMA technologies, AI fabrics, distributed training environments, RoCE, congestion control, ECN, PFC, DCQCN, AI/ML workload communication patterns, collective operations, SONiC, Linux networking, network telemetry, network operating systems, network switches, SmartNICs, DPUs, NIC offloads, large-scale cloud infrastructure, network stress tools, validation frameworks, performance benchmarks, observability solutions, packet analysis tools, telemetry infrastructure, network automation frameworks, high-speed networking environments (200G/400G/800G Ethernet)

Preferred skills

Experience developing network stress tools, validation frameworks, performance benchmarks, or observability solutions

Technologies

RDMA, RoCE, ECN, PFC, DCQCN, SONiC, Linux, 200G/400G/800G Ethernet

Responsibilities

Define network concepts of operation, serviceability requirements, telemetry requirements, and operational models for AI infrastructure; Analyze transport-layer behavior and performance characteristics across large-scale distributed AI workloads; Design, validate, and optimize RDMA-based networking solutions for AI clusters; Develop and execute networking validation strategies covering functionality, performance, scale, interoperability, resiliency, and reliability; Perform packet-level analysis and protocol debugging using telemetry, packet captures, performance counters, and diagnostic tools; Build and improve network observability, diagnostics, telemetry, and monitoring solutions

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC

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