Network Automation Software Lead

TensorWave • Las Vegas, NV

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About The Position

TensorWave is seeking a Network Automation Software Lead to build and manage the end-to-end zero-touch provisioning (ZTP) and automation platform for their GPU network fabrics. This role involves leading a small team of engineers and SREs to achieve zero human intervention in network operations, from initial setup to full fabric validation. The position emphasizes software engineering best practices, including source control, testing, CI/CD, and code review, and requires close collaboration with the Network Engineering team, who will be the primary users of the platform. The goal is to ensure seamless integration with other software and platform tooling, enabling rapid deployment and operation of the network infrastructure.

Requirements

• 8+ years of relevant experience
• Proven experience building network automation at scale — ideally at a hyperscaler, large cloud, or large-scale datacenter / AI-infrastructure operator.
• You've built or been a core contributor to a ZTP / device-provisioning system end-to-end, not just maintained one.
• Strong software engineering fundamentals: Python and/or Go, with real production practices (version control, testing, CI/CD, code review).
• Hands-on depth with datacenter Clos fabrics and the protocols that run them: BGP, EVPN/VXLAN, and ideally RoCEv2 / RDMA for GPU networks at scale.
• Fluency with modern network automation tech: gNMI/gNOI, OpenConfig/YANG, NETCONF; source-of-truth systems (NetBox / Nautobot); NOS platforms (SONiC/FRR or vendor equivalents); tooling like Nornir / NAPALM / Ansible.
• Experience with observability / telemetry pipelines (Prometheus, Grafana, Kafka, OpenTelemetry, or similar).
• Comfort running services on Kubernetes / containers.
• Leadership: you've led a team or been the clear technical owner of a platform, and you instinctively treat internal users as customers.

Nice To Haves

• Experience with GPU / AI training or inference clusters and their backend networks.
• Familiarity with the AMD networking ecosystem (Pensando DPUs, Ultra Ethernet) or building on Ethernet-based RDMA fabrics.
• Whitebox / disaggregated networking and SONiC at scale.
• Network validation / digital-twin tooling (e.g., Batfish, containerlab).
• Multi-site / multi-region datacenter buildouts.

Responsibilities

• Own the end-to-end ZTP pipeline: bare-metal switch boot → image + base config → registration in source of truth → full intended config → validation → production — with zero human intervention.
• Build intent-based config generation off a network source of truth / IPAM, with GitOps-style deployment, pre/post-change validation, and safe rollout and rollback.
• Establish network validation and pre-deployment testing (snapshot/digital-twin testing) so changes are caught before they hit production fabrics.
• Build streaming telemetry and metrics/logging pipelines (gNMI / OpenConfig) for fabric health.
• Instrument what matters for GPU networks: RoCE health (PFC/ECN counters), optics and link errors, BGP / EVPN state, capacity and utilization.
• Deliver dashboards and alerting the network team actually uses — signal, not noise.
• Gather requirements, build self-service APIs and interfaces, and relentlessly accelerate their deployment velocity.
• Partner closely so the tooling reflects how the network is actually operated and turned up.
• Hire, mentor, and grow a small team of software engineers and SREs; own roadmap, prioritization, and delivery — while still carrying a meaningful share of the code yourself.
• Set technical direction and standards, and ensure clean integration points with the broader platform stack (infra provisioning, CI/CD, secrets, identity, existing observability).
• Bring software engineering rigor to network automation: code review, testing, release management, and on-call ownership.

Benefits

• Stock Options
• 100% paid Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance for Employees
• Company Health Savings Account Contributions
• 100% paid Short Term and Long Term Disability Insurance for Employees
• Life and Voluntary Supplemental Insurance Options
• Other Insurance Options, such as Pet & Legal Insurance
• Various Supplementary Health Benefits, such as discounted Virtual Healthcare Appointments and Serious Illness Support
• Flexible Spending Account
• 401(k)
• Employee Assistance Program
• Flexible PTO
• Paid Holidays
• Parental Leave
• Other In-Office Perks

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Senior
• Education Level: No Education Listed