Network Development Engineer

Job Description

Job Description

About xAI

xAI's mission is to create AI systems that can accurately understand the universe and aid humanity in its pursuit of knowledge. Our team is small, highly motivated, and focused on engineering excellence. This organization is for individuals who appreciate challenging themselves and thrive on curiosity. We operate with a flat organizational structure. All employees are expected to be hands-on and to contribute directly to the company's mission. Leadership is given to those who show initiative and consistently deliver excellence. Work ethic and strong prioritization skills are important. All engineers are expected to have strong communication skills. They should be able to concisely and accurately share knowledge with their teammates.

About the Role

As a Network Development Engineer at xAI's Memphis data center, you'll jump into the role building and scaling our global network with a pragmatic, hands-on approach. Working onsite with passionate, high-achieving teams, you'll tackle technical challenges, balance speed with quality, and grow your skills in a fast-paced tech environment. Expect to configure, troubleshoot, and deploy network systems, ensuring robust connectivity to power xAI's mission of accelerating human scientific discovery through AI.

This is an in-person role based in Memphis, Tennessee, with approximately 30-40% travel required.

Responsibilities

• Be onsite in our Memphis data center or any other datacenter working alongside our SiteOps engineers and other network engineers.
• Troubleshoot physical network devices and links, test to ensure they operate as expected and put back into production.
• Contribute to the continuous improvement of tooling, automation and operational procedures
• Network troubleshooting and fault analysis; hardware troubleshooting and repair of devices outside data centers.
• Trouble ticket generation and response; carrier interface and escalations
• Liaise with third parties to fix and resolve issues
• Creation and execution of scheduled changes, process & documentation
• Participate in a 12x7 call-out rotation and shift work based on the time zone you're hired in
• Software / firmware installation
• Monitor, manage, and respond to network based alerts
• Automate away repeatable work using python or Ansible like tools
• Project work that comes in from upstream Net. Eng teams i.e datacenter tech refresh, decommissioning older devices and provisioning new ones

Basic Qualifications

Preferred Skills & Experience

Network layer 1,2,3, and 4.

Routing, Switching, IP services, and network automation

Additional Requirements

xAI is an equal opportunity employer.

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