Network Architect (AI)

Location: Sunnyvale, United States; on-site

Company

hirify.global builds large-scale AI computing hardware and software platforms designed to accelerate model training and inference beyond conventional GPU systems.

What you will do

• Design and architect front-end network fabrics for AI/ML and HPC systems.
• Develop proofs of concept for network designs and features supporting resilient and reliable AI workloads.
• Identify and resolve performance and efficiency bottlenecks to achieve high utilization, low latency, and high-throughput communication.
• Lead multi-phase, cross-functional projects integrating network devices, the Wafer-Scale Engine, and software across multiple stack layers.
• Collaborate with vendors and industry partners on network hardware and feature roadmaps.
• Serve as the central point of contact for network reliability issues and represent hirify.global in technical communities.

Requirements

• Ph.D. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering with 10 years of industry experience, or a Master’s degree in CS or EE with 15 years of industry experience.
• 8+ years of experience designing large-scale networks in datacenter and cloud environments.
• Extensive experience debugging networking issues in large distributed systems with multiple platforms and protocols.
• Experience managing and leading multi-phase, multi-team technical projects.
• Experience with Juniper, Arista, Cisco, or open networking architectures such as SONiC and FOBSS.
• Knowledge of VXLAN, EVPN, RoCE, BGP, DCQCN, PFC, and streaming telemetry, plus familiarity with Python or Go and network visibility systems.

Nice to have

• Prior experience at hyperscalers or cloud service providers.

Culture & Benefits

• Build an AI platform based on purpose-built hardware beyond GPU constraints.
• Opportunities to publish and open-source AI research.
• Work on a high-performance AI supercomputer.
• Job stability combined with startup vitality.
• Non-corporate culture focused on individual beliefs, learning, growth, and support.