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Senior /Team Lead Research Engineer, AI/LLM/HPC Network
Seattle, Washington · Senior · Full-time · Posted Oct 28, 2026
- Education
- Bachelor or higher degree in computer science, electronic engineering, network engineering or related fields.
About the job
Designs and develops high-speed network infrastructure, communication systems, and monitoring tools to support large-scale AI/LLM applications.
What you'll do
- Design, implement, and deploy high-speed networking technologies for AI/LLM applications.
- Build platforms and systems to monitor, analyze, and diagnose large-scale AI/LLM networks.
- Develop high-performance AI communication frameworks, network protocol stacks, and host-network-application co-design optimizations.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s or higher degree in computer science, electronic engineering, network engineering, or a related field.
- Proficiency in computer networks and network programming.
- Proficiency in one or more mainstream programming languages, including C/C++, Python, or Go.
- Familiarity with high-speed network systems, including RDMA, congestion control, and AI network optimization.
Nice to have
- Experience developing high-performance communication frameworks, including NCCL, MPI, or RPC libraries.
- Experience developing software systems for AI network diagnosis and performance optimization.
Tools
C/C++, Python, Go, RDMA, NCCL, MPI, RPC
AI focus
Develops networking infrastructure, communication frameworks, protocol stacks, and diagnostics for AI/LLM applications and networks.
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