# Principal Network Engineer at Graphcore

- Company: Graphcore
- What the company does: Graphcore has built a new type of processor for machine intelligence to accelerate machine learning and AI applications for a world of intelligent machines. Backed by Air Street.
- Company website: https://graphcore.ai
- Type: Startups (AI role)
- Level: Principal and up
- Location: Milpitas, California, United States
- Work setup: On-site
- Posted: 2026-05-22
- Apply by: 2026-10-08
- Apply: https://job-boards.greenhouse.io/graphcore/jobs/8562527002
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/graphcore-principal-network-engineer/

## About the role

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## What they're looking for

- Bachelor’s, master’s degree or equivalent experience in Network Engineering/Security, Information Technology, Computer Science, Computer engineering, or a related field
- 9+ years of hands-on experience in network engineering and 3+ years supporting networking on AI or Hyperscale Datacenters
- Knowledge of Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) and its implementations, specifically ROCEv2 or InfiniBand
- Knowledge of Lossless network – Experience with congestion control and lossless Ethernet technologies including PDF, ECN and DCQCN
- Experience sustaining non-blocking, multi-tier CLOS networks (i.e., Spine / Leaf / Super-Spine) that are optimized for high-density GPU clusters
- Extensive troubleshooting experience for data center routing protocols such as BGP and OSPF as well as troubleshooting of VXLAN implementations

Tags: Advanced Architecture