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The company pioneered a disaggregated networking architecture that transforms the economics of large-scale networks while maximizing performance, utilization, and operational efficiency. DriveNets-powered networks are deployed by global leaders, including AT&T and Comcast, supporting more than 30% of total U.S. internet traffic. DriveNets AI Fabric delivers full-stack networking for AI infrastructures, providing the highest-performance, Ethernet-based alternative to InfiniBand. The solution is deployed by hyperscalers, NeoClouds, and enterprises worldwide. With over $1B raised, DriveNets continues to push the boundaries of modern networking infrastructure.\nThe Role\nDriveNets is seeking a Principal Technologist to be a senior technical leader within our Pre-Sales organization. Join a dynamic and forward-thinking company at the forefront of network transformation. We leverage advanced technologies to develop innovative solutions that drive efficiency, scalability, and exceptional network performance. Collaborate with the industry's best as we partner with hyperscalers, emerging NeoClouds, and enterprises building AI/HPC GPU fabrics, shaping the future of GPU Ethernet interconnect. Our environment fosters creativity, teamwork, and growth, and offers you the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on multi-million-dollar customer engagements.\nAs a Principal Technologist, you will serve as the senior technical authority in complex pre-sales cycles for AI networking and data center infrastructure. You will lead solution architecture and design for DriveNets' most strategic opportunities globally - working independently or alongside Solutions Architects and Sales teams to translate customer business challenges into scalable, differentiated technical solutions. You will engage at the C-level and VP level with hyperscalers, NeoClouds, service providers, and large enterprises, and will serve as a thought leader and enabler both internally and externally.\nResponsibilities\nOwn the technical architecture for DriveNets' most complex and high-value customer opportunities - spanning AI/HPC GPU fabric design and large-scale data center network infrastructure.\nPartner with Sales and Solutions Architects from early discovery through deal closure, establishing DriveNets as the technically superior choice for customers building next-generation AI networking infrastructure.\nLead proof-of-concept design and execution - defining success criteria, driving benchmarking plans, and ensuring results are communicated with the rigor and clarity that wins technical confidence at the customer.\nEngage directly with engineering leads, network architects, and C-level stakeholders at hyperscalers, NeoClouds, and large enterprises - building relationships that outlast any single deal.\nServe as a product feedback engine - capturing deep field insights from customer engagements and translating them into concrete requirements for DriveNets' Product Management and Engineering teams.\nDefine and publish architecture playbooks, reference designs, and best practices that scale DriveNets' technical go-to-market across the Solutions Architect and Solutions Engineer community.\nLead and mentor Solutions Architects and Solutions Engineers, raising the overall technical bar of the pre-sales organization.\nRepresent DriveNets at industry events, author white papers and technical blogs, and build DriveNets' external technical brand in the AI networking space.\nRequirements\nWhat we need to see:\n12+ years of experience in data center networking architecture and design, with at least 3 of those years focused on AI/HPC infrastructure or hyperscale environments.\nExtensive hands-on depth in large-scale switching and routing - BGP, EVPN/VXLAN, QoS, lossless Ethernet (PFC, ECN), and network automation (NETCONF, YANG, REST APIs).\nProven track record in senior pre-sales, solutions architecture or system architecture roles, including direct experience influencing large, complex deals with VP and C-level stakeholders.\nExperience with virtualization technologies at the x86 level - including DPDK, SR-IOV, and SmartNICs/DPUs - and their role in accelerating network I/O and offloading data plane functions in AI and data center environments.\nExperience leading technical responses to RFP/RFQs and owning solution architecture documentation end-to-end.\nExperience with scripting and automation (Python, APIs, JSON) in the context of network operations and solution integration.\nExceptional communication and presentation skills - able to command a room of engineers and a room of C-suite executives with equal credibility.\nWillingness to travel domestic and international approximately 20%.\nWays to stand out from the crowd:\nDeep familiarity with AI/HPC networking - RoCEv2, InfiniBand, GPU, NIC, DPU - and how network design decisions directly impact AI workload performance.\nExperience with NCCL/RCCL tuning and GPU cluster benchmarking, and understanding of collective communication behavior at scale.\nHands-on knowledge of scale-up (NVLink, UALink) and scale-out (Enhanced Ethernet, UEC, InfiniBand) interconnect trade-offs in production AI cluster environments.\nFamiliarity with GPU resource scheduling (Slurm, Kubernetes) and how orchestration interacts with network design.\nExperience with observability and telemetry (Prometheus, Grafana, gNMI, OTLP) in large-scale networking environments.\nUnderstanding of data center operations fundamentals - power, cooling, rack design - at hyperscale.\nCCIE, JNCIE, or equivalent - advantage.\nEDUCATION\nBS/MS/PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or other Engineering fields, or equivalent experience.\nDriveNets is an equal-opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on race, religion, color, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with a disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.\nMore About DriveNets\nBased in Israel with locations in Romania, US, India and Japan as well as extended teams, DriveNets operations cover more than twelve countries. With recognition by industry analysts and through partnerships with market leaders such as AMD, Broadcom, Dell and others, DriveNets is pushing market momentum, delivering the scale and efficiency that modern AI workloads demand. 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