Meta
AI/HPC Network Performance Engineer
$184K–$257K
Menlo Park, CA · Full-time · Posted Jul 9, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years in system performance engineering, network infrastructure engineering, or a related field within large-scale distributed computing or HPC environments; 4+ years working on networks supporting large-scale training workloads.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
About the job
Designs, develops, and operates large-scale networks for AI training and inference, optimizing performance, availability, and network automation for GPU and RDMA workloads.
What you'll do
- Build and operate networking systems for large-scale AI training jobs; research and deploy network technologies and topologies.
- Develop network automation for configuration, provisioning, monitoring, alerting, and remediation; provide guidance on network architecture and performance.
- Collaborate with hardware, software, and sourcing teams, and participate in on-call operations to improve network systems.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of experience in system performance engineering, network infrastructure engineering, or a related field in large-scale distributed computing or HPC environments.
- 4+ years of experience working on networks supporting large-scale training workloads.
- Experience coding in Python, C++, or Go; designing, deploying, and operating datacenter networks at scale; network automation using software-defined networking; and working with IB/RDMA/RoCE networks.
Nice to have
- Understanding of RDMA congestion control mechanisms on IB and RoCE networks.
- Experience with scale-up and scale-out network fabric architectures.
Pay
$184,000/year to $257,000/year (base salary)
Tools
Python, C++, Go, IB, RDMA, RoCE
AI focus
Supports AI training and inference networks; integrates AI tools to improve workflows and demonstrates ongoing AI skill development and responsible, ethical AI practices.
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