Principal/Staff HPC Network Engineer

About the role

We are a 2-person startup in a San Francisco Victorian building that makes a liquid market for GPU offtake. Our infrastructure team is responsible for architecting and deploying new clusters around the world and keeping them running smoothly. You’ll participate in on-call rotation, fix issues when they arise, and lean into automation to enable deployments at scale. You’ll be an early contributor helping to shape culture, mentor junior engineers, and learn from our customers.

Responsibilities

• Architect and deploy new GPU clusters around the world
• Fix issues when they arise
• Implement zero-touch provisioning for large multi-layer networks
• Engage with colo providers on data center concepts including power, cooling
• Mentor junior engineers

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience with hands-on management or architecture with network for at least one GPU cluster in the past (ideally a cluster with >1k GPU’s but not required)
• Deep understanding of Ethernet (RoCEv2) and/or InfiniBand networks in CLOS/fat-tree topologies
• Built HPC network architectures (eBGP, fat-tree, VXLAN, MCLAG, etc.)
• The idea of implementing zero-touch provisioning for a large multi-layer network excites you (embracing automation)
• Appreciate, value, and generate good documentation
• Ability and willingness to mentor junior engineers
• Open to coming in to our San Francisco office 3-4 days per week

Qualifications

• Understand data center concepts including power, cooling and how to engage with colo providers
• Experience with Linux systems administration including managing kernel drivers and tuning the network stack
• Experience with Linux virtualization (KVM, QEMU, libvirt, etc.)
• Exposure to containers and Kubernetes operators

Skills

• Hands-on management or architecture with network for at least one GPU cluster in the past
• Understanding of Ethernet (RoCEv2) and/or InfiniBand networks in CLOS/fat-tree topologies
• Built HPC network architectures (eBGP, fat-tree, VXLAN, MCLAG, etc.)
• Zero-touch provisioning for large multi-layer networks
• Linux systems administration including managing kernel drivers and tuning the network stack
• Linux virtualization (KVM, QEMU, libvirt, etc.)
• Containers and Kubernetes operators

Benefits

• Generous equity grant
• Team members are offered a competitive salary along with equity in the company
• Visa Sponsorships
• Retirement matching
• Medical, dental & vision benefits
• Unlimited paid time off as well as 10+ observed holidays
• Parental leave
• Daily lunch covered
• Unlimited office book budget

Pay

Competitive salary and equity in the company

Schedule

Work from home 3-4 days per week