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Datum · 7 hours ago

Network Lead

USA

Full-time

Hybrid

Senior Level

5+ years exp

Datum is dedicated to helping clouds thrive in the AI era by providing foundational networking capabilities. In this role, you will architect and manage Datum's global network infrastructure, ensuring reliability and security while fostering community engagement and developer support.

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Responsibilities

Design, implement and run Datum's core backbone, AS 33438, and internet edge (BGP, anycast), with security and reliability as first principles

Drive complete visibility into all aspects of our network, including public facing edge, backbone and peering/interconnection

Partner with leadership and data plane team to advance projects with key customers, partners, and suppliers

Build cross-provider connectivity through our partners and hyperscalers

Work with our alt-cloud customers and partners to extend their reach across the industry

Approach problems through the lens of Datum APIs. We give network superpowers to the AI developer

Work in the open and drive community engagement. We make money through our network, not our software

Scale yourself and the team through effective automation. We write code to implement ergonomic interfaces and eliminate toil – for us and our customers

Speak at networking conferences and write technical blog posts

Drive your roadmap by modeling Datum’s values every day

Distill customers needs into clear problem statements that align priorities

Use maximum creativity to drive problems through possible solutions and tradeoffs

Shepherd the team through timely decision-making

Improve efficiency and processes along the way

Qualification

Network architectureBGPAnycastCross-cloud connectivityAPIsKubernetesOpen source contributionRelationship buildingTechnical writingProblem-solvingTeam leadership

Required

Availability: Remote position, but you can work during a large chunk of the US east business hours and travel to NYC at least quarterly

High EQ: You read rooms, understand people, and navigate complexity with grace

Hunger: You're driven by impact and energized by building something meaningful

Humility: You check your ego, give credit freely, and focus on collective success

Thrive in an async environment

Simplify technical complexity through writing and speaking

Relationship builder who creates and maintains genuine, valuable connections

Genuinely passionate about digital infrastructure and the future of the industry

Able to toggle between 30,000-foot vision and ground-level execution

Comfortable with ambiguity and capable of creating structure where none exists

Network: You've built and operated a global network for several years (5+), know routing, peering, BGP, anycast, and survived DDOS and other outages. You've probably also spent some time in public cloud and understand cross-cloud connectivity and direct connects. You know how to monitor a large network to gather telemetry for standard quality, DDOS mitigation, metering, and everything in between

Software & automation: You can write code where you need to, and have opinions about APIs, particularly with cloud networking (VPCs, et al), NFVs, or other SDNs

Orchestration & IaC: You have enough familiarity with Kubernetes, or can learn it quickly, to work seamlessly with our data plane team. Our POPs are completely automated, using Cilium to announce BGP

Open source: You have a track record of using, building, and contributing to open source communities in a variety of ways