Fluidstack
Network Engineer, Connectivity & Strategy
$162K–$202K
New York, NY +3 · Hybrid · Full-time · Posted Sep 2, 2026
- Location
- New York, NY
San Francisco, CA
Austin, TX
Seattle, WA
About the job
Own external connectivity and long-term backbone planning across Fluidstack’s fleet of AI infrastructure sites.
What you'll do
- Manage carrier, dark fiber, internet exchange, and cloud interconnect connectivity across the fleet.
- Plan backbone capacity between sites and develop a connectivity roadmap balancing diversity, latency, and cost.
- Negotiate technical terms with carriers and fiber providers, and hold carriers to SLAs.
What they ask for
- Experience engineering carrier and long-haul connectivity at scale.
- Experience procuring dark fiber and lit services and identifying contract risks.
- Ability to plan capacity using data and procure ahead of demand.
- Experience managing carrier SLAs and building escalation paths.
Nice to have
- Long-haul and subsea systems.
- DWDM, peering strategy, or fiber route analysis.
Pay
$162K – $202K USD base salary
Tools
DWDM
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