Staff Network Engineer (AI Fabric, Datacenter and Edge Networking)

This position is listed on behalf of a partner company, who manages all applications and next steps. Our partner is looking for a Staff Network Engineer (AI Fabric, Datacenter and Edge Networking) based in France.

This is a Staff-level networking role responsible for designing and operating infrastructure powering large-scale AI and GPU workloads.
You’ll own the architecture and operational strategy for high-performance AI fabrics, datacenter networks, edge connectivity, and inter-datacenter transport.
The role combines deep technical ownership with hands-on execution across design, deployment, automation, troubleshooting, and reliability.
You’ll work on demanding networking challenges involving RoCE, RDMA, high-speed Ethernet, GPU communication, routing, security, and optical transport.
As the primary networking specialist, you’ll have significant influence over architectural standards, deployment patterns, and the evolution of the networking function.
You’ll collaborate closely with compute, platform, storage, SRE, observability, operations, and datacenter teams in a fast-scaling environment.
This is an opportunity to shape networking foundations for distributed AI infrastructure while raising the technical bar across the wider engineering organization.