Senior Network Engineer – GPU Cluster Networking - CA, San Jose, United States
Originally posted 26 August 2026 by the employer. Relisted by the employer on 6 October 2026.
This role focuses on GPU cluster networking.
About the role
This role designs, automates, scales, and operates high-performance networks supporting AMD Instinct GPU clusters used for AI training, inference, and HPC workloads.
What you'll do
- Design, deploy, operate, and continuously improve data center networks supporting large-scale AI and HPC environments.
- Develop scalable network architectures and optimize performance across compute, storage, and networking infrastructure.
- Automate network operations and implement solutions that improve reliability, efficiency, and scalability.
- Lead troubleshooting, incident response, root cause analysis, and continuous improvement initiatives.
- Support and enhance global campus networking technologies including wireless, LAN, WAN, and SD-WAN environments.
- Partner with cross-functional engineering and operations teams to deliver highly available network solutions.
What you'll need
- Experience designing and operating large-scale data center networks supporting AI, GPU, HPC, cloud, or distributed computing environments.
- Strong understanding of modern networking technologies including Ethernet fabrics, BGP, ECMP, QoS, EVPN, VXLAN, and related routing and switching protocols.
- Experience with RoCEv2, RDMA, network performance optimization, observability, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
- Experience with network automation, scripting, infrastructure-as-code, or operational tooling.
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Information Technology, or a related field, or equivalent practical experience.
Nice to have
- Experience with enterprise and data center networking platforms such as Juniper, Cisco, Arista, Aruba, ClearPass, Aruba Central, Silver Peak, Infoblox, or similar technologies.
- Experience collaborating across infrastructure, platform, systems, and data center engineering teams.
- CCIE or comparable advanced networking certifications.
Skills: GPU Cluster Networking, high-performance backend networks, RoCEv2, RDMA, data center networking
This role has been open 50 days — below the 58-day median for Infrastructure/Platform Software roles.
Infrastructure/Platform Software · Networking Software
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Open roles in category
39
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Median days open
58 d
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Median salary
$259k
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| Metric | AMD | All employers we track in this specialty (39 roles · 10 employers) |
|---|---|---|
| Open roles in this specialty | 2 | 39 |
| Open roles in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family | 404 | 6127 · 145 employers |
| Median days open | 40 d | 58 d (−18 d vs this employer) |
| Median salary (USD postings) | — | $259k |
Skills observed across this category: GPU Cluster Networking, high-performance backend networks, RoCEv2, RDMA, data center networking
Who's hiring in this category
- NVIDIA · 23 open roles · median 55 d
- AMD (this employer) · 3 open roles · median 28 d
- Eridu AI · 3 open roles · median 133 d
- Arm Holdings · 2 open roles · median 189 d
- Broadcom · 2 open roles · median 12 d
- Upscale AI · 2 open roles · median 80 d
How we counted: 39 open Infrastructure/Platform Software (Networking Software) roles from 10 employers tracked in the SemiconductorJobs index, counted 15 Oct 2026. Specialty figures count only roles carrying this exact specialty label, so an employer's related work in neighbouring specialties is not included there — it is counted in the wider Software, Firmware & Systems family row. Figures refresh nightly.