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# Staff Network Development Engineer

- **Company:** IREN LLC
- **Location:** United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** Application Programming Interfaces (APIs), Artificial Intelligence, Border Gateway Protocol, Big Data, Code Review, Computer Networks, Continuous Integration, Distributed Systems, InfiniBand, Multi-protocol Systems, Python (Programming Language), Network Architecture, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Reliability Engineering, Software Engineering, Data Streaming, Computer Networking Systems, Computer Network Operations, Juniper, Build Management, Production Code, Open Network Automation Platform, Cisco
- **Published:** October 22, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=0a45fb28b16f1c6e

## About the Role

* Extensive experience as a senior or staff software, network development or site reliability engineer for large data center, cloud or hyperscale networks.
 * Expert software engineering skills in Python or Go, with a track record of designing and delivering distributed systems, services and APIs in production.
 * Deep experience with network automation platforms, data models such as YANG, streaming telemetry and closed-loop automation.
 * Strong BGP, OSPF or IS-IS, MPLS with traffic engineering, VXLAN and EVPN knowledge, and experience with large HPC and AI networks.
 * Experience with network platforms such as Cisco, Juniper and Arista, and their programmable interfaces.
 * A clear view on applying AI and machine learning to network operations.
 * Experience with NVIDIA Spectrum networking, RoCE or InfiniBand, HPC or GPU platforms is highly regarded.
 * The credibility to set technical direction, influence across teams and coach senior engineers.

## Description

* Define the architecture and roadmap for IREN's network automation platform, from source of truth and configuration generation to deployment, validation and closed-loop remediation.
 * Design and build core services yourself, writing and reviewing production code in Python or Go.
 * Set the engineering standards for network software, including system design, testing, code review, CI/CD, release and reliability.
 * Lead the design of network telemetry, observability and analytics at scale, and use them to automate operations.
 * Lead the use of AI and machine learning in network operations, such as anomaly detection, troubleshooting assistants and automated change review.

 * Partner with network architecture, security and engineering leaders to make the network software-defined from design through operation.
 * Responsible for the safety of automated production changes, and lead incident reviews where software is involved.
 * Mentor senior engineers and grow the network software engineering capability of the team.