Senior Principal Front-End Network Engineer, AI Infrastructure Operations

Role description

Role Overview

The Network Operations and Engineering teams at Nscale operate some of the most demanding networking environments in the industry, supporting large-scale AI GPU clusters where network performance directly impacts customer outcomes. We’re looking for a Senior Principal Front End Network Engineer – AI Infrastructure to provide technical leadership across Nscale’s front-end networking domain.

What You Will Do

Owning the technical direction and operational strategy for Nscale’s front-end AI infrastructure networks at the highest level, designing, reviewing, and evolving large-scale Ethernet leaf-spine / Clos fabric architectures to support future growth, inference workloads, and storage requirements.

Why It Might Be a Fit

We’re looking for a Senior Principal Front End Network Engineer – AI Infrastructure to provide technical leadership across Nscale’s front-end networking domain. This role is focused on owning the reliability, scalability, and long-term evolution of our high-performance Ethernet front-end networks.

Requirements

• 12+ years of experience in network engineering, with deep focus on hyperscale data centre, cloud, or AI infrastructure networking
• Expert-level operational and architectural experience with large-scale Ethernet data centre fabrics (leaf-spine / Clos topologies)
• Strong hands-on expertise with Arista (EOS / Etherlink) and/or Nokia (7220 IXR, 7250 IXR, 7750 SR series) platforms in production environments at scale
• Deep understanding of modern data centre routing and control planes (BGP, OSPF, ECMP, EVPN-VXLAN)
• Proven experience with long-haul circuits, DCI, and optical transport (dark fiber, carrier Ethernet, coherent optics, ZR/ZR+)
• Strong background in storage networking over Ethernet and shared storage connectivity at hyperscale
• Demonstrated ability to debug and resolve complex cross-layer issues spanning hardware, optics, routing, and application layers
• Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives across teams and influence strategy without direct authority

Benefits

• Highly competitive package (base + equity) with reviews every 12 months
• Flexible paid time off
• Parental leave
• Retirement plan participation
• Medical, dental, vision