Senior Software Engineer, Networking

Details

NVIDIA is a leader in the field of computer graphics, PC gaming, accelerated computing and AI. Within NVIDIA, the Networking Business Unit is building chips, systems and software that are powering the most advanced data center and hyper-converged networks of today and tomorrow. We are working on products and solutions on various Ethernet switching platforms as well as SmartNICs like the NVIDIA BlueField® data processing unit (DPU) which ignites outstanding innovation for modern data centers by offloading, accelerating, and isolating a broad range of services.

We are looking for a highly motivated software engineer with experience in data forwarding technologies, network functions virtualization (NFV) and related areas to join the team and work on various data forwarding and offload solutions. You will develop software for several data forwarding and NFV capabilities which may be applicable to the Ethernet switching platforms as well as to SmartNIC offload. You will use the latest software development tools and techniques and will gain outstanding knowledge of modern data center architectures and acceleration of workloads. You will implement and maintain core of Cumulus Linux: code that translates control plane constructs into the hardware data plane and end-to-end solutions.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test and maintain new functionality and improvements to existing functionality related to forwarding and offload of routing, ACLs, QoS, CLAG, NAT, policy-based routing, VxLAN-EVPN and related features.
• Work on data forwarding on Ethernet switching platforms as well as on SmartNICs (based on the roadmap).
• Collaborate with team members, architects, QA and Support teams on feature definition, development, release and defect fixing.
• For senior levels, lead and guide multi-functional teams on large feature development activities and take ownership of feature delivery.

Requirements

• BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• 5+ years of software development experience in data forwarding on Ethernet switching silicon and/or offload on SmartNICs.
• Strong and validated experience in C programming.
• Strong technical abilities: problem solving, design, coding and debugging skills.
• Previous experience leading feature development, taking full ownership of tasks from A–Z and delivering independently with minimum supervision.
• Ability to swiftly understand new requirements and technologies and quickly prototype and implement solutions.

Ways to stand out

• Experience with merchant silicon for switching/routing.
• Contributions to SONiC, SwitchDev or Switch Abstraction Interface (SAI) projects.
• Experience accelerating packet processing on Ethernet switching platforms.
• Experience in virtualized networking and SR-IOV, container networking concepts, and networking functionality like NAT, firewall and load balancer.
• Knowledge of Linux kernel networking as well as experience with control plane operation in areas like EVPN and segment routing.
• Participation in the open-source community and Python programming skills.

Compensation & Benefits

• Base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions.
• Base salary ranges provided: 148,000 USD - 235,750 USD for Level 3; 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4. (You may be eligible for equity and benefits.)

Additional information

• Applications for this job will be accepted at least until October 9, 2025.
• NVIDIA is an equal opportunity employer committed to fostering a diverse work environment.