Applied AI Networking Researcher (GPU Infra)

Designworks Talent; Bellevue (KY); Hybrid; USD 120,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Designworks Talent is seeking an Applied Researcher -- Network Expert for a hybrid role based in Bellevue, WA. You will join an AI infrastructure team focused on large-scale GPU networking.

You will act as horizontal SME, evaluating technologies, architectures, and vendor roadmaps; translate research into engineering decisions; and collaborate with data center, finance, and sales to drive performance and cost efficiency.

Qualifications

• Deep professional experience in networking at scale.
• Hands-on experience with high-performance GPU or HPC fabrics.
• Demonstrated debugging of collective communication performance in production.

Responsibilities

• Define the future of AI networking strategy.
• Track vendor roadmaps and industry developments.
• Formulate defensible fabric product and engineering thesis.
• Own the fabric position and telemetry strategy.
• Assist finance with costs per port and optics economics.
• Support sales with performance and price discussions.
• Collaborate with Data Center Expert on fabric integration.

Skills

Networking at scale

GPU/HPC fabrics

NCCL/RCCL debugging

NVLink/NVSwitch concepts

InfiniBand RoCEv2

Multi-tenant isolation

Telemetry & observability

Vendor roadmaps

Education

PhD in technical field

Tools

NVIDIA NVLink/NVSwitch

InfiniBand RoCEv2

Ethernet fabrics

Job description

Designworks Talent is seeking an Applied Researcher -- Network Expert for a hybrid role based in Bellevue, WA. You will join an AI infrastructure team focused on large-scale GPU networking.

You will act as horizontal SME, evaluating technologies, architectures, and vendor roadmaps; translate research into engineering decisions; and collaborate with data center, finance, and sales to drive performance and cost efficiency.