Senior AI/HPC Network Architect

Groq, Inc.; San Francisco (CA); Remote; USD 270,000 - 402,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Purposeful Hiring

Builders Wanted

Mission-Driven Work

Excellence Standard

Job summary

Groq, Inc. is seeking a Sr./Staff Network Engineer to architect, validate, and evolve the network infrastructure for Groq's AI compute environments. Location options include Dallas, San Francisco, or New York City with remote work flexibility until onsite offices open.

You will own end-to-end designs, collaborate with software teams, drive automation with Python and CI/CD, and mentor engineers to raise the technical bar across engineering practices.

Qualifications

• 8+ years in network engineering or infrastructure engineering for large-scale data centers.
• Strong TCP/IP, BGP, and modern data center routing knowledge.
• Experience with leaf-spine/Clos fabrics and EVPN/VXLAN.
• High-speed Ethernet (100G/400G) experience and fiber cabling know-how.
• Automation and software development with Python and APIs; IaC and CI/CD familiarity.
• Experience with cloud networking and multi-site data centers is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Own end-to-end network design for AI training and inference at scale.
• Collaborate with software teams to align topology with stack architecture.
• Develop high-level and low-level designs, BOMs, and standards.
• Design spine-leaf fabrics with focus on performance and resiliency.
• Drive automation, observability, and validation frameworks.
• Lead reviews and mentor engineers on architecture and practices.

Skills

Leaf-spine/Clos fabrics

EVPN/VXLAN

BGP

TCP/IP

ECMP

100G/400G Interfaces

Arista

Cisco

Juniper

NVIDIA

Python

APIs

Ansible

Git

CI/CD

RDMA

SONiC

Tools

Arista

Cisco

Juniper

NVIDIA

SONiC

Job description

Groq, Inc. is seeking a Sr./Staff Network Engineer to architect, validate, and evolve the network infrastructure for Groq's AI compute environments. Location options include Dallas, San Francisco, or New York City with remote work flexibility until onsite offices open.

You will own end-to-end designs, collaborate with software teams, drive automation with Python and CI/CD, and mentor engineers to raise the technical bar across engineering practices.