Staff Network Engineer

Mural Group•San Francisco, CA
•$270,000 - $400,000•Onsite

About The Position

Mural Group is recruiting on behalf of a client for a Staff Network Engineer to design the network fabrics behind large-scale AI inference. The role is onsite in Dallas, San Francisco, or New York, and involves ownership of data center and AI cluster network design, from high-level design through bill-of-materials review. The engineer will design leaf-spine fabrics for front-end, back-end, and storage networks; plan capacity and traffic engineering for high-bandwidth AI workloads; build labs and validate failure scenarios; establish network automation and observability standards; and mentor engineers.

Requirements

  • 8+ years designing large-scale data center networks.
  • Deep knowledge of TCP/IP and BGP.
  • Experience with EVPN/VXLAN.
  • Experience with 100G/400G Ethernet, optics, and cabling.
  • Experience with Arista, Cisco, Juniper, or NVIDIA platforms.
  • Python and API-driven automation.

Nice To Haves

  • InfiniBand or RoCE experience (strongly preferred).
  • RDMA and lossless Ethernet experience.
  • SONiC, NetBox, or Nautobot experience.

Responsibilities

  • Own data center and AI cluster network design, from high-level design to BOM review.
  • Design leaf-spine fabrics for front-end, back-end, and storage networks.
  • Plan capacity and traffic engineering for high-bandwidth AI workloads.
  • Build labs and validate failure scenarios.
  • Drive network automation and observability standards.
  • Mentor engineers.

Benefits

  • Bonus
  • Equity
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