Principal Software Engineer, Networking

Details

NVIDIA's platforms have made a significant impact in AI and Software-Defined Networking with widespread use across academic institutions, start-ups, and large internet companies, Cloud Service Providers (CSPs), and AI innovators.

We are seeking an outstanding software engineer to join our US-based networking software team. As a technical leader you will shape the team's technical vision and collaborate with partners on the next generation of software-defined networking products. Your primary responsibility will be customer engineering for NVIDIA Networking products, working closely with SDK developers, drivers and firmware engineers, architects, and domain experts in security, virtualization, data center, and AI.

Responsibilities

• Establish yourself as a technical specialist in AI networking products, specifically the BlueField and ConnectX product lines.
• Work closely with architecture and other R&D teams to secure design wins and provide direct support to sales, account, and program managers.
• Architect, design, and develop innovative, scalable, and high-performance hardware-accelerated software solutions.
• Engage with strategic customers and partners to train, design, build, and productize solutions based on NVIDIA networking products.
• Identify customer architectures and key product/production requirements related to AI networking at hyperscale, software-defined networking, and the latest GPU hardware.
• Provide technical guidance and direction to fellow developers, ensuring cohesive execution as a unified team.
• Represent the group in cross-organization leadership and customer technical discussions.

Requirements

• Bachelor's, Master's or PhD in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related science degree (or equivalent experience).
• 15+ years of overall experience.
• Strong affinity for innovation and demonstrated ability to solve complex problems.
• Excellent time-management and organization skills; ability to coordinate multiple initiatives and implementations of new technologies and products.
• Strong communication skills with experience working with developers, partners, and customers; excellent technical presentation skills.
• Comfortable multitasking in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and changing requirements.
• Experience in computer networking development, including Software-Defined Networking (SDN), DPUs, SmartNICs, NIC drivers, OVS/OVN, DPDK, DOCA, network applications/services, networking protocols, hardware acceleration/offloads, and edge services.
• Collaboration with drivers and firmware engineers and domain experts in security, virtualization, data center, and AI.

Ways to stand out / Preferred

• Experience working with customers and partners to develop strategic solutions.
• Experience in DOCA development.
• Hands-on background in Remote Direct Memory Access (RDMA) technology.
• Hands-on experience in AI workloads, NCCL, CUDA, congestion control and performance tuning.

Benefits

• Competitive salary and a generous benefits package.
• Eligibility for equity and other NVIDIA benefits.

Compensation & Application

• Base salary range: 272,000 USD - 425,500 USD (determined based on location, experience, and pay of employees in similar positions).
• You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
• Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 23, 2025.

Location & Employment Type

• Location: Austin, United States (US-based team)
• Time type: Full time