Product Lead, Data Center

The role

You will define how Meter builds and sells its first data center switching line. You will partner with hardware, firmware, and software engineering teams to set technical and market direction.

What you will do

• Work with firmware and backend engineers on control plane design, API design, and observability
• Review designs, read code, and debug alongside engineers
• Weigh in on hardware tradeoffs that intersect with software
• Help build the hiring plan and assemble the engineering team
• Talk to prospective data center customers about their needs
• Stay current on data center networking research

Required qualifications

• Built and shipped the firmware or software side of a data center networking platform
• Knowledge of how control plane design, API design, and observability decisions play out in real deployments
• Knowledge of hardware including ASIC capabilities, port speed, power and thermal limits
• Ability to bring engineering teams into alignment without formal authority
• Ability to think in systems and sequence work
• Known in the data center networking community

About the company

Meter builds enterprise hardware, intuitive software, and streamlined operations to deliver better networks. Companies like Bridgewater, Lyft, and Reddit rely on Meter to keep employees and locations online.