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About the role
You will own the Crux network end to end: the fabric inside every TPU cluster and data center, the interconnect and backbone between sites, the connectivity that brings customers onto the platform, and the software that designs, deploys, and operates all of it. Reporting to our CTO, you will build the networking organization from its first leaders, set the architecture of record, and make the network one of the reasons the largest AI workloads choose Crux. Found on 1752vc Careers, the job board for startup and VC roles.
What they're looking for
- 15+ years in large-scale networking, including 7+ years leading organizations of organizations at the VP level or above
- Direct ownership of a production network at hyperscale, such as a data center fabric, global backbone, data center interconnect, or a cloud networking platform, with accountability for reliability and customer outcomes
- A track record of turning the network into a software system through SDN, automation, programmable data planes, or network virtualization, at production scale
- Network leadership at a hyperscaler (Google, Microsoft Azure, AWS, Meta) or a neocloud (CoreWeave, Nebius, Lambda, Crusoe)
- Hands-on experience with AI cluster networking: RDMA and RoCE, Ultra Ethernet, large training fabrics, or optical circuit switching
- Depth in optical transport, including long-haul, metro, or subsea systems
More about this role
Crux AI is a newly formed, U.S.-based integrated AI infrastructure company created to remove the physical and operational constraints on consequential AI ambitions. Crux brings together power, high-density data centers, TPU silicon, networking, orchestration software, and ongoing operations as one integrated system.
Crux is being capitalized to plan every layer together, develop each one to demanding standards, and operate the whole system with efficiency and reliability. That gives hyperscalers, frontier AI labs, sovereign customers, enterprises, and AI-native companies greater freedom to pursue the AI they are here to create.
You will own the Crux network end to end: the fabric inside every TPU cluster and data center, the interconnect and backbone between sites, the connectivity that brings customers onto the platform, and the software that designs, deploys, and operates all of it. Reporting to our CTO, you will build the networking organization from its first leaders, set the architecture of record, and make the network one of the reasons the largest AI workloads choose Crux. The network has to be designed alongside power, facilities, and TPU systems, not after them, so you...
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