SambaNova
Network Infrastructure Architect
$250K–$330K
San Jose, California, United States · Full-time · Posted Jun 25, 2026
- Experience
- 12+ years.
About the job
Architects network fabrics and interconnects for hyperscale AI compute clusters, translating workload and customer needs into platform roadmaps and deployments.
What you'll do
- Design fabric, interconnect, and spine-leaf architectures for AI clusters, from accelerated servers to global-scale deployments.
- Translate workload and customer requirements into product requirements, roadmaps, and architecture tradeoffs.
- Partner with hardware engineering, supply chain, operations, and customer-facing teams to bring platforms from concept through deployment.
What they ask for
- 12+ years designing or architecting infrastructure for hyperscale, AI, HPC, or large-scale data center environments.
- Deep working knowledge of AI cluster networking, including InfiniBand, RoCEv2, Ethernet-based AI fabrics, 400G/800G interconnects, and GPU-to-GPU east-west traffic patterns.
- Experience designing lossless Ethernet and spine-leaf architectures, including congestion management and associated networking technologies.
- Experience translating customer and workload requirements into product requirements, platform roadmaps, and architecture tradeoffs; vendor-agnostic platform selection and interoperability experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with AI compute platforms, including GPU/accelerator systems, rack-scale compute, NVLink/NVSwitch-class fabrics, PCIe/CXL, and DPUs/IPUs.
- Understanding of rack-level power, thermal, mechanical, and serviceability requirements; background in large-scale fleet operations.
Pay
$250,000 — $330,000 USD (base salary)
Tools
InfiniBand, RoCEv2, Ethernet, VXLAN, EVPN, BGP, ECMP, PCIe/CXL
AI focus
Designs networking infrastructure for hyperscale AI compute clusters, including fabrics supporting AI workloads.
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