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Senior Network Engineer - InfiniBand / UFM

Lightning AI · New York, New York, United States; Remote; San Francisco, California, United States; Seattle, Washington, United States · Remote

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About the role

We are seeking an experienced Senior Network Engineer (InfiniBand / UFM) to design, deploy, automate, and operate next-generation AI Factory networking infrastructure supporting large-scale GPU clusters. This role is responsible for building and maintaining high-performance NVIDIA Quantum InfiniBand fabrics that power AI training and inference environments utilizing NVIDIA UFM, NCCL, RoCEv2, and modern data center technologies.

What they're looking for

  • 7+ years of experience in large-scale data center networking
  • Experience deploying, operating, and troubleshooting InfiniBand environments
  • Strong understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking, including BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, and spine-leaf architectures
  • Strong Linux administration experience
  • Experience with network automation using Python, Ansible, Terraform, or similar tools
  • Experience with network troubleshooting, observability, and telemetry tooling
More about this role

Lightning AI is the company behind PyTorch Lightning. Founded in 2019, we build an end-to-end platform for developing, training, and deploying AI systems—designed to take ideas from research to production with less friction.

Through our merger with Voltage Park, a neocloud and AI Factory, Lightning AI combines developer-first software with cost-efficient, large-scale compute. Teams get the tools they need for experimentation, training, and production inference, with security, observability, and control built in.

We serve solo researchers, startups, and large enterprises. Lightning AI operates globally with offices in New York City, San Francisco, Seattle, and London, and is backed by Coatue, Index Ventures, Bain Capital Ventures, and Firstminute.

The people who thrive here are builders who move fast, communicate openly, take ownership, and continuously improve themselves, their teams, and our company. Here's what that looks like in practice:

  • Move with Urgency: We move quickly, make thoughtful decisions, and keep momentum. We value action over perfection and learn by shipping.
  • Take Ownership: We own outcomes, not just our individual work. We make decisions that move the company...

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