About Infinera

Advancing Optical Networking Through Engineering Excellence

Since 2004, Infinera has pioneered photonic integration and intelligent optical transport to help the world's leading networks scale capacity, reduce cost-per-bit, and accelerate service deployment.

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Our Mission

To make optical networking simpler, smarter, and more scalable by vertically integrating photonic semiconductor technology with intelligent software automation. We believe that the future of network capacity lies at the intersection of photonic integration and artificial intelligence.

Our Vision

A world where optical network capacity is limitless, programmable, and autonomous, enabling every organization to connect, compute, and collaborate without bandwidth constraints. We are building the optical infrastructure for the AI and cloud era.

Our Culture & Values

The principles that guide every wavelength we engineer and every customer relationship we build.

Technical Rigor

Every specification we publish is verified through exhaustive testing. We do not approximate, we measure.

Collaborative Innovation

Our cross-functional teams of photonic engineers, DSP architects, and software developers work in tight collaboration to push boundaries.

Customer Partnership

We treat every deployment as a long-term partnership, investing in our customers' success from design through operations.

Global Perspective

With deployments across 55 countries, we understand that network challenges vary by geography, regulation, and infrastructure maturity.

Continuous Improvement

Our ISO 9001 certified processes drive measurable improvements in product quality, delivery timelines, and customer satisfaction.

Talent Development

We invest in our engineers' growth through advanced training, conference participation, and cross-functional project rotations.

Key Milestones

2004

Company Founded

Infinera established with a focus on vertically integrated photonic IC technology for optical transport.

2009

First 100G Coherent Deployment

Deployed first coherent 100G DWDM system for a tier-1 carrier, marking entry into long-haul coherent transport.

2016

400G Platform Launch

Launched integrated 400G per wavelength DWDM platform with next-generation photonic IC delivering 2.4 Tbps per slot.

2023

800G Coherent & Open Line System

Introduced 800G coherent engine with 100 GBd baud rate and OpenConfig-native open line system for disaggregated networks.

Our Team

720+ professionals across R&D, engineering, manufacturing, and customer support dedicated to optical networking excellence.

Engineering Team
Architecture Team
Research Team
Customer Success Team

Join the Infinera Team

We are always looking for talented optical engineers, DSP architects, and software developers who want to shape the future of networking.

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