Senior Product Manager - Switch Network Operating System
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The Company
DriveNets is a leader in high-scale networking software for AI infrastructure and service providers. 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.
DriveNets is seeking a Senior Product Manager to be a key member of our product management team, leading the Switch Networking Operating System for our cutting-edge AI/HPC Ethernet switching solutions. 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 while working on groundbreaking projects.
As a Senior Product Manager for the Switch Networking Software Stack, you will shape the roadmap, strategy, and features powering the networking of the GPU Ethernet interconnect. Your work will directly impact the efficiency and performance of diverse GPU clusters, enabling operation at scale with greater uptime, utilization, and reliability.
Responsibilities
- Act as a data center network system expert specializing in network design, configuration, and automation, providing strategic direction and expertise to enhance our network operating system capabilities for our customers.
- Design and innovate network operating system features and solutions for our AI Networking Product, focusing on enhancing the functionality, resiliency, and utilization of GPU fabrics for Hyperscaler, NeoClouds, and enterprise customer networks.
- Create, manage, and present product roadmaps and technology solutions, addressing the networking software stack requirements and ensuring alignment with market and customer needs.
- Collaborate closely with development teams to drive requirements for the entire networking software stack, including data path, control plane, and management plane.
- Demonstrate proof-of-concept solutions to customers, showcasing the value and capabilities of our offerings.
- Work effectively with sales teams and other internal groups within DriveNets to support customer engagements and drive business success.
What we need to see:
- 10+ years of networking industry experience with a minimum of 5 years in a product management and/or solutions architect role with responsibility for writing technical product/specification requirements and collaborating with engineering to build a delivery plan with clear priority and business goals
- Technical expertise in Data Center or high-end enterprise network design and features (e.g. BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, QoS, Multicast)
- Excellent interpersonal communication skills (both verbal and written)
- Experience in collaborating with sales teams to build a strategy and roadmap for customer deliveries.
- Proven experience in end-to-end product management or in the operation of a large data center network.
- Knowledge of orchestrating and/or automating other data center networking router/switch vendor solutions in customer networks is desirable.
- Customer and operational background with in-depth knowledge of designing, building, and maintaining live data center production networks
- Flexible and adaptable, able to handle a diverse set of daily activities and effectively adjust to shifting priorities in a fast-paced environment.
- Ability to multitask efficiently in a multifaceted environment, ability to work with teams across geographical locations.
- Clear written and oral communication skills with the ability to effectively collaborate with executives and engineering teams.
- Ability to write extensive technical content (white papers, technical briefs, etc.) for external audiences with a balance of technical accuracy, strategy, and clear messaging
- Travel as needed
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
- Familiarity with AI-relevant data center infrastructure and networking technologies such as: Infiniband, RoCEv2, lossless Ethernet technologies (PFC, ECN, etc), accelerated computing, GPU, NIC, DPU, etc.
- Understanding of AI/HPC networking infrastructure solutions, their advantages and disadvantages (AI/HPC networking design, high-speed interconnect technologies)
- Scale-up – NVLink, UALink, Scale-up Ethernet (SUE), etc
- Scale-out – Ethernet and Enhanced Ethernet (Scheduled Ethernet, dynamic load balancing and adaptive routing, Spectrum-X, UEC, etc), InfiniBand
- Understanding of data center operations fundamentals in networking, cooling, and power
- Familiarity with monitoring tools (e.g., Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack) and Telemetry (gRPC, gNMI, OTLP, etc).
- Proven experience with one or more Tier-1 Clouds (AWS, Azure, GCP, or OCI) or emerging Neoclouds, as well as cloud-native architectures and software.
- CCIE, JNCIE, or equivalent - advantage
- Previous product management experience in building equivalent solutions for other data center networking router/switch vendor solutions
EDUCATION
- BS/MS/PhD in Electrical/Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, or other Engineering fields, or equivalent experience.
If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfill all requirements, please apply. DriveNets is on a mission to build a special company comprised of individuals with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
More About DriveNets
Based 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. Visit our website: https://drivenets.com/company/ ;
If your experience is close but doesn’t fulfil all requirements, please submit your application. DriveNets is on a mission to build a special company comprised of individuals with different backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences.
DriveNets is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate based on upon race, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, gender expression, age, status as a protected veteran, status as an individual with disability, or other applicable legally protected characteristics.
Skills Required
- 10+ years of networking industry experience
- At least 5 years in product management and/or solutions architecture
- Experience writing technical product and specification requirements and collaborating with engineering on delivery plans
- Technical expertise in data center or high-end enterprise network design and features, including BGP, EVPN, VXLAN, QoS, or Multicast
- Excellent verbal and written interpersonal communication skills
- Experience collaborating with sales teams to develop customer delivery strategy and roadmaps
- Proven end-to-end product management experience or experience operating a large data center network
- Customer and operational experience designing, building, and maintaining live data center production networks
- Ability to write extensive technical content such as white papers and technical briefs
- Ability to adapt to shifting priorities and manage diverse activities in a fast-paced environment
- Ability to multitask and collaborate with geographically distributed teams
- Bachelor's, master's, or doctoral degree in Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Physics, another engineering field, or equivalent experience
- Experience orchestrating or automating networking solutions from router or switch vendors
- Familiarity with AI data center infrastructure and networking technologies such as InfiniBand, RoCEv2, PFC, ECN, GPUs, NICs, and DPUs
- Understanding of AI/HPC networking infrastructure and high-speed interconnect technologies
- Familiarity with data center networking, cooling, and power operations fundamentals
- Familiarity with monitoring tools, telemetry, and protocols such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK Stack, gRPC, gNMI, and OTLP
- Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, or emerging neoclouds and cloud-native architectures
- CCIE, JNCIE, or equivalent certification
- Product management experience building comparable solutions for networking router or switch vendors
What We Do
DriveNets is a rapidly growing software company that has created a radical new way for service providers and hyperscalers to build their networking infrastructure. DriveNets Network Cloud and DriveNets Network Cloud-AI are new innovative networking solutions that apply the cloud architectural approach to high-scale networking. They bring together the scalability of standard Ethernet Clos architecture with the high performance and reliability of service provider networking, delivering optimal networking performance, scale and cost structure for service providers and hyperscalers. Founded by Ido Susan and Hillel Kobrinsky, two successful telco entrepreneurs, DriveNets Network Cloud is the leading open disaggregated networking solution based on cloud-native software running over standard white boxes. Over three funding rounds, DriveNets raised $587 million. Its solutions are used by tens of service providers globally and are in proof-of-concept and lab trials at dozens of operators and hyperscalers, consistently ranking #1 in trials for breadth of capabilities and solution quality. AT&T, the largest backbone in the US, deployed DriveNets Network Cloud across its core network, and DriveNets is currently transporting more than 52% of AT&T’s core network traffic. DriveNets is engaged with over 100 Tier-1 operators and cloud-providers on large projects in North America, Asia and Europe.
