Gimlet Labs
Network Engineer
$250K–$350K
San Francisco, CA · On-site · Full-time · Posted Jun 1, 2026
About the job
Build and operate the network infrastructure connecting Gimlet’s compute, storage, and distributed systems as its data center platform scales.
What you'll do
- Design and deploy network infrastructure for data centers and hardware expansions.
- Automate provisioning, configuration, validation, and monitoring workflows; establish repeatable network standards.
- Improve network performance and reliability, and troubleshoot issues across network, hardware, software, and distributed systems.
What they ask for
- Experience designing, deploying, and operating production data center networks.
- Strong fundamentals in routing, switching, performance, and reliability.
- Experience with BGP, ECMP, EVPN, VXLAN, and spine-leaf or Clos fabrics; knowledge of high-performance networking technologies.
- Experience automating network infrastructure with Python, Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI/HPC, GPU, or large-scale distributed infrastructure; knowledge of AI application traffic patterns.
- Experience with cloud networking or networking platforms such as Arista, Cisco, Juniper, NVIDIA, or Palo Alto Networks PAN-OS.
Pay
$250K – $350K (base salary)
Tools
BGP, ECMP, EVPN, VXLAN, RDMA, RoCE, InfiniBand, Python
AI focus
Build and optimize network infrastructure for distributed AI workloads and AI inference; improve performance for AI traffic patterns and collective operations.
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