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  • Themuralgroup
  • San Francisco, CA
  • Full-Time
  • 13 days ago
  • $270,000–$400,000
Themuralgroup VERIFIED EMPLOYER

Staff Network Engineer.

Network Engineering & Telecommunications Full-Time

Staff Network Engineer: our view in 3 lines...

  • The Role:This role suits experienced engineers who design large-scale data center networks for demanding AI workloads.
  • The Person:The person will own data center and AI cluster network design from high-level design to BOM review, design leaf-spine fabrics, plan capacity and traffic engineering, build labs to validate failure scenarios, and drive automation and observability standards while mentoring engineers.
  • Requirements:The ideal candidate has 8+ years designing large-scale data center networks, deep TCP/IP and BGP, EVPN/VXLAN, 100G/400G Ethernet, Arista, Cisco, Juniper or NVIDIA platforms, and Python and API-driven automation.

About the role

Location: Dallas, TX; San Francisco, CA; or New York, NY (onsite)

Pay: $270,000–$400,000 + bonus + equity

A high-growth AI infrastructure company is hiring network engineers to design the fabrics behind large-scale AI inference.

What you'll do

  • Own data center and AI cluster network design, from high-level design to BOM review

  • Design leaf-spine fabrics for front-end, back-end and storage networks

  • Plan capacity and traffic engineering for high-bandwidth AI workloads

  • Build labs and validate failure scenarios

  • Drive network automation and observability standards, and mentor engineers

What you bring

  • 8+ years designing large-scale data center networks

  • Deep TCP/IP and BGP; EVPN/VXLAN

  • 100G/400G Ethernet, optics and cabling

  • Arista, Cisco, Juniper or NVIDIA platforms

  • Python and API-driven automation

Nice to have: InfiniBand or RoCE (strongly preferred); RDMA and lossless Ethernet; SONiC, NetBox or Nautobot

Mural Group is recruiting for this role on behalf of a client. Apply here and a Mural recruiter will be in touch.

Published October 28, 2026
Location San Francisco, Canada
Job Type Full-Time