Director, Data Center Networking & AI Fabric

Crux AI; Palo Alto (CA); Hybrid; USD 250,000 - 450,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health, dental, vision insurance

401(k) plan with company match

Hybrid work schedule

Life insurance

Job summary

Crux AI is building a global network that stitches high-density TPU fabrics with edge networking. As Director, Data Center Networking, you will own the network layer end-to-end from powered shell to production fabric, leading a senior team across North America and Europe.

This is a hands-on builder role with strong autonomy and direct collaboration with Google TPU teams. You will drive architecture, provisioning, reliability, and automation from day one, while partnering with cross-functional

Qualifications

• 15+ years in large-scale data center, ISP, or hyperscale network engineering.
• 7+ years leading network engineering teams.
• Experience standing up provisioning and turn-up processes using IaC.

Responsibilities

• Build and lead the global network engineering org across NA and Europe.
• Define global fabric and edge architecture for high-density TPU clusters.
• Own provisioning, turn-up, and burn-in from powered shell to IST commissioning.
• Drive reliability, observability, and self-healing automation with SRE.
• Own network automation and Infrastructure-as-Code from day one.
• Partner with Google's TPU networking teams on integration and roadmaps.
• Align with Capacity Delivery, Facility Ops and Energy Manager on site handoffs.
• Inform capacity plans and cost/margin models with procurement data.

Skills

High-performance fabrics

Data center provisioning

Leadership of network teams

Tools

Infrastructure as Code

Job description

Crux AI is building a global network that stitches high-density TPU fabrics with edge networking. As Director, Data Center Networking, you will own the network layer end-to-end from powered shell to production fabric, leading a senior team across North America and Europe.

This is a hands-on builder role with strong autonomy and direct collaboration with Google TPU teams. You will drive architecture, provisioning, reliability, and automation from day one, while partnering with cross-functional