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# Principal Front-End Network Engineer

- **Company:** NSCALE, LLC
- **Location:** San Francisco, CA, United States
- **Experience:** Expert
- **Contract:** Permanent contract
- **Skills:** LTE (Telecommunication), Artificial Intelligence, Application Layers, Computing Platforms, Border Gateway Protocol, Common Lisp Object Systems, Computer Clusters, Data Centers, Software Debugging, Ethernet, Firmware, Storage Area Network (SAN), Python (Programming Language), Network Architecture, Network Planning and Design, Routing, Open Shortest Path First (OSPF), Ansible, AI Infrastructure, Computer Network Operations, Front End Software Development
- **Published:** June 19, 2026
- **Apply:** https://www.indeed.com/viewjob?jk=e0d2b9dfe6d70bc3

## About the Role

Do you have experience in Telecommunications network troubleshooting?, * 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 Nvidia (Cumulus), 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
 * A systems-level mindset, balancing performance, reliability, scalability, and operational cost at the highest level, * Extensive experience with Nvidia, Arista or Nokia platforms at hyperscale or large AI infrastructure scale
 * Deep familiarity with front-end network design patterns for massive AI clusters (inference, management, and storage tiers)
 * Experience designing or operating large-scale DCI / long-haul optical or carrier networks
 * Strong automation and tooling experience (Python, Ansible, validation frameworks, telemetry pipelines)
 * Prior experience influencing platform or infrastructure strategy at significant scale

## Description

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.

This role is focused on owning the reliability, scalability, and long-term evolution of our high-performance Ethernet front-end networks. These networks support inference traffic, cluster management, data ingress/egress, shared storage connectivity, long-haul circuits, and carrier handoffs. You will operate as a senior technical authority, influencing architecture, standards, and operational practices across teams while tackling the most complex front-end network challenges in the platform.

What You'll Be Doing

 * 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 (including Arista and Nokia platforms) to support future growth, inference workloads, and storage requirements
 * Acting as the senior-most escalation point for the most complex front-end network incidents, guiding deep technical investigations and systemic fixes
 * Driving cross-team and cross-functional initiatives to improve fabric reliability, performance predictability, observability, and operational maturity at scale
 * Defining standards for hardware configuration, routing, congestion management, firmware lifecycle management, automation, and change safety across Nvidia Cumulus, Arista EOS and Nokia platforms
 * Partnering with SRE, Compute Platform, Storage, and Network Architecture teams to influence end-to-end system design, including long-haul/DCI circuits and storage network integration
 * Mentoring senior and principal-level network engineers, raising the bar for operational rigor and technical excellence across the organization
 * Driving measurable improvements in uptime, latency consistency, capacity efficiency, and incident reduction for front-end services, The responsibilities outlined in this job description are not exhaustive and are intended to provide a general overview of the position. The employee may be required to perform additional duties, tasks, and responsibilities as assigned by management, consistent with the skills and qualifications required for the role.


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