Principal Network Engineer

About the Company

TensorWave delivers seamless, secure, reliable, and resilient AI compute at scale through a versatile cloud platform designed to eliminate infrastructure barriers for AI builders.

Responsibilities

• Own front-end network architecture including DCI, edge, ingress/egress, and control-plane networks
• Architect and operate large edge and service networks
• Design scalable Ethernet architectures
• Define routing, segmentation, and isolation strategies
• Lead hands-on deployment, validation, and troubleshooting in new data centers
• Define and maintain reference architectures, standards, and long-term growth models
• Own relationships with network carriers and service providers
• Collaborate with the platform team to design network solutions for Kubernetes-centric use cases
• Partner with the Back End Network Principal to define interface boundaries between front-end and RDMA back-end fabrics

Requirements

• Bachelor of Science in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or equivalent practical experience
• 10+ years of data center networking experience
• Proven experience with very large Ethernet fabrics and large-scale edge networks
• Strong hands-on experience with BGP, traffic engineering, and high-availability designs
• Experience with 100G-400G+ Ethernet environments
• Familiarity with optical standards and transceiver types (e.g., 100G/400G/800G, SR/LR/ER, DWDM)
• Demonstrated experience working with carrier providers to deliver production connectivity
• Multi-vendor experience with Juniper, Cisco, Arista, or Whitebox
• NOS experience with Junos, IOS/IOS-XE, NX-OS, EOS, or SONiC

Preferred Qualifications

• Automation or scripting experience in Python, GO, or Bash
• Experience with AI platforms or GPU cluster environments
• Experience with multi-tenant or customer-facing platforms
• Strong familiarity with Kubernetes networking concepts
• Exposure to network automation and programmability
• AI, GPU, or HPC exposure