Senior System Software Engineer, Networking

Details

NVIDIA is a leader in computer graphics, PC gaming, accelerated computing, and AI. Within NVIDIA, the Networking Business Unit is building chips, systems, and software that power the most advanced data center and hyper-converged networks of today and tomorrow. The NVIDIA BlueField® data processing unit (DPU) and NVIDIA ConnectX® series of SmartNICs ignite outstanding innovation for modern data centers by offloading, accelerating, and isolating a broad range of sophisticated networking, storage, and security services.

We are looking for a highly motivated software engineer with a focus on Linux system services to join our team and work on innovative offload solutions. You will use the latest software development tools and techniques and gain extensive knowledge of modern data center architectures and workload acceleration.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, test, and maintain new functionality and improvements to existing Linux system services.
• Innovate and quickly develop POC prototypes that can evolve into fully developed products or solutions.
• Lead and guide cross-functional teams on large feature development activities.
• Collaborate with team members, architects, QA, and Support teams on feature definition, development, release, and bug fixing.

Requirements

• BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
• A minimum of 5+ years of software development experience with a strong emphasis on Linux, containers, and virtualization.
• Strong and validated experience in C programming.
• Strong technical abilities, problem-solving, design, coding, and debugging skills.
• Ability to lead feature development, take full ownership of tasks from A-Z, and deliver independently with minimal supervision.
• Ability to quickly understand new requirements and technologies and swiftly prototype and implement solutions.

Ways to stand out from the crowd

• Background in Linux kernel networking internals.
• Knowledge of routing and control plane technologies such as EVPN, Segment Routing, PIC, etc.
• Participation in the open-source community.
• Python and C++ programming skills.

Benefits

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and talented people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you.