Senior Network Optical Engineer

About TensorWave

Our mission is simple: deliver seamless, secure, reliable, and resilient AI compute at scale. We've built a versatile cloud platform that eliminates infrastructure barriers, empowering builders to focus on innovation instead of fighting their stack. Because breakthrough AI should move at the speed of ideas, not infrastructure.

About the Role

We are seeking a Senior Network Optical Engineer to join our infrastructure team. This role focuses on designing, deploying, and operating optical and physical layer infrastructure for large-scale, high-performance network environments. You will work closely with network engineering, data center, and hardware teams to ensure reliable, scalable, and efficient connectivity across the physical network.

This position requires strong networking fundamentals along with deep knowledge of fiber optics, transceivers, and structured cabling systems.

What You’ll Do

- Design and implement optical network infrastructure for large-scale environments

- Define and maintain standards for fiber plant, cabling systems, and interconnects

- Select and validate optical transceivers, cabling types, and connectivity solutions

- Troubleshoot physical layer issues including signal loss, link instability, and hardware
faults

- Work with network engineering teams to ensure proper integration between optical and
packet layers

- Develop documentation and standards for structured cabling and optical deployment
practices

- Validate link budgets, power levels, and optical performance across deployments

- Support data center builds, expansions, and migrations with a focus on physical layer
reliability

Who You Are

Required Qualifications

- Strong background in networking (L2/L3, routing, switching, data center fabrics)

- Deep understanding of fiber optics and transmission standards (single-mode, multi-mode, MPO/MTP, etc.)

- Experience with optical transceivers (QSFP, OSFP, CFP, etc.) and associated specif...