Network Development Engineer - Core Team

📍 Austin, United States
📍 New York City, United States
📍 Los Angeles, United States
📍 Palo Alto, United States
📍 Seattle, United States

USD 154,000-259,000 per year

SENIOR

✅ On-site

Used Tools & Technologies

Not specified

Required Skills & Competences
Tag name is followed by "@" symbol and proficiency level value. About proficiency levels:

1-2 — basic awareness. Minimal hands-on experience, and a rudimentary understanding of the technology's purpose;

3-6 — daily use. Comfortable and regular usage, capable of handling common tasks and challenges related to the technology;

7-9 — you are an expert, you can teach others, you know all the pitfalls and tricks;

10 — exceptional knowledge, comprehensive understanding, and adeptness in all aspects of the technology, including advanced problem-solving. Think twice before claiming or demanding such level.

Linux @ 4 Python @ 4 Communication @ 4 Networking @ 4

Details

Are you prepared to join the X team and help build the ultimate real-time information-sharing app, revolutionizing how people connect? At X, we’re on a mission to become the trusted global digital public square, committed to protecting freedom of speech and building the future unlimited interactivity. Our goal is to empower every user to freely create and share ideas, fostering open public discourse without barriers. Join us in shaping this thrilling journey where your contribution will be invaluable to our success!

Responsibilities

Manage, plan, and design datacenter network capacity.
Participate in technical reviews to improve network architecture.
Perform network changes and optimizations across a multi-vendor, multiprotocol environment in data centers.
Qualification of hardware and software.
Proactive fault mitigation through performance, uptime, and anomaly tracking.
Trouble resolution and escalation as part of a 12x7 on-call rotation.
Diagnose and correlate network events, identify root causes, and develop remediation strategies.
Drive the development and implementation of operational procedures, documentation, and event remediation strategies.
Drive the evolution of the automation that supports our networks.

Requirements

B.S. in network engineering or a related technical discipline, or equivalent experience.
Expert level understanding and hands-on experience with large-scale networking, including platforms, topologies, and routing protocols such as BGP, OSPF, or IS-IS.
Track record of practical problem solving, excellent communication, and documentation skills.
Strong knowledge of data center design and operation at scale, with a focus on BGP, Clos fabrics, and automation.
Working knowledge of large backbone networks, edge networking, and application layer protocols and services.
Fundamental understanding of unix/linux shells and scripting languages (python preferred).
Ability to learn new networking protocols, programming/scripting languages, and vendor operating systems as necessary.