Senior Network Platform Architect & Automation Lead

Nscale; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Equity

Flexible workplace

Job summary

Nscale seeks a Principal Network Platform Lead to own the architecture and software platform transforming our global backbone and edge network into a programmable, scalable service platform. This hands-on technical leadership role sits at the crossroads of network and software engineering, product development, and partner integrations.

You will define platform strategy, lead API-driven services, and mentor engineers, delivering automated, self-service connectivity and ecosystem integrations at

Qualifications

• 7+ years of platform engineering and/or network automation experience, including at least 2 years in a senior or lead role.
• Extensive experience designing, building, and operating production software platforms in network, cloud, infrastructure, or service provider environments.
• Strong software engineering skills using Python and Go.
• Experience building and consuming RESTful APIs, OpenAPI, gRPC, or similar interfaces.
• Strong knowledge of software engineering practices including Git, code review, automated testing, CI/CD, and release management.
• Familiarity with Kubernetes, microservices, and cloud-native application development.
• Extensive experience with network automation technologies such as Terraform, Ansible, Python, Jinja2, and Nornir.
• Experience implementing Infrastructure-as-Code and Network-as-Code in production.
• Knowledge of NETCONF, RESTCONF, YANG, OpenConfig, gNMI, streaming telemetry, or similar technologies.
• Experience designing third-party API integrations, authentication and authorisation models, and API lifecycle management.
• Understanding of service modelling, workflow orchestration, inventory management, and source-of-truth architectures.
• Strong stakeholder management and ability to influence technical strategy across engineering, Product, Operations, Sales, and leadership teams.
• Comfortable operating in a fast-paced environment where priorities evolve rapidly.

Responsibilities

• Own the architecture, roadmap, and operation of Nscale’s Network Platform.
• Define platform strategy across service orchestration, network automation, API enablement, source-of-truth integration, and partner ecosystem integration.
• Act as the technical authority for network programmability across the Global Backbone & Edge Networks organisation.
• Partner with Network Architecture, Product Management, Sales Engineering, and Regional Engineering teams to align platform capabilities with customer requirements and technology roadmaps.
• Design and build service orchestration capabilities that automate the end-to-end lifecycle of Nscale network services.
• Develop automation workflows that reduce customer onboarding times and eliminate manual configuration.
• Drive automation-first operational practices across the network organisation.
• Own the self-service connectivity platform that enables network services to be exposed through APIs, workflows, and customer-facing experiences.
• Translate product and service requirements into platform capabilities, APIs, automation workflows, and operational processes.
• Design, develop, and govern APIs enabling internal systems, customers, and partners to consume Nscale network services.
• Own integrations with cloud exchanges, interconnection platforms, carriers, cloud providers, DDoS vendors, and other ecosystem partners.

Skills

Python

Go

RESTful APIs

OpenAPI

gRPC

Git

CI/CD

Kubernetes

Network automation

Terraform

Ansible

Nornir

NETCONF

RESTCONF

YANG

OpenConfig

gNMI

Tools

Megaport

Equinix Fabric

PacketFabric

Console Connect

AWS Direct Connect

Azure ExpressRoute

Google Cloud Interconnect

Job description

Nscale seeks a Principal Network Platform Lead to own the architecture and software platform transforming our global backbone and edge network into a programmable, scalable service platform. This hands-on technical leadership role sits at the crossroads of network and software engineering, product development, and partner integrations.

You will define platform strategy, lead API-driven services, and mentor engineers, delivering automated, self-service connectivity and ecosystem integrations at