Senior AI/HPC Network Architect - Remote

Groq, Inc.; Town of Texas (WI); Hybrid; USD 270,000 - 402,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Remote work flexibility

Bonus and LTI by Groq

Total Cash compensation

Job summary

Groq is seeking a Sr./Staff Network Engineer, AI/HPC to architect and evolve network infrastructure powering Groq's AI compute environments. You will own end-to-end designs across data center fabrics, specializing in leaf-spine architectures, EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, and automation.

Work with compute, software, security, and operations teams to translate workloads into scalable, reliable networks. Based in Dallas, San Francisco, or New York City area with remote flexibility, you will define standards,

Qualifications

• 8+ years of experience in network engineering, architecture, or infrastructure engineering.
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP, BGP and modern data center routing architectures.
• Strong experience designing leaf-spine / Clos network fabrics.
• Experience with EVPN/VXLAN and modern network virtualization.
• Experience with automation and software development using Python and APIs.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end network design process for AI training and inference.
• Design spine-leaf/Clos fabrics across front-end, back-end, and storage networks.
• Develop high-level designs, review BOMs, and set implementation standards.
• Drive network automation and IaC using Python, Ansible, Git, APIs, and CI/CD.
• Establish observability requirements and validate designs through labs and PoCs.

Skills

Data center networking

Network architecture

BGP

EVPN/VXLAN

Leaf-spine

Automation

Python

APIs

CI/CD

Observability

Linux networking

RDMA

SONiC

Multi-site DC

Cloud networking

HPC AI clusters

Tools

Arista

Cisco

Juniper

NVIDIA

NetBox

Nautobot

Ansible

Git

SONiC

Job description

Groq is seeking a Sr./Staff Network Engineer, AI/HPC to architect and evolve network infrastructure powering Groq's AI compute environments. You will own end-to-end designs across data center fabrics, specializing in leaf-spine architectures, EVPN/VXLAN, BGP, and automation.

Work with compute, software, security, and operations teams to translate workloads into scalable, reliable networks. Based in Dallas, San Francisco, or New York City area with remote flexibility, you will define standards,