Supermicro · 1 day ago
Staff Software Engineer
San Jose, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Lead/Staff
$170K/yr - $200K/yr
12+ years expSupermicro is a leading provider of advanced server, storage, and networking solutions for various sectors including Data Center and Cloud Computing. They are seeking a Staff Software Engineer to design, develop, and test switching software products, while also providing technical leadership and mentoring to team members.
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Responsibilities
Technical Leadership and Hands-on Software Design and Development: Design, architect and develop cluster/network management software to manage data center network of ethernet switches. Design, architect, and develop networking software to manage Ethernet switches, ensuring robustness and efficiency
Collaboration & mentoring: Collaborate with other technical leaders and product managers in the switching organization to meet business and technical requirements and to plan and execute software code upgrades, maintenance, and operational improvements. Mentor and coach team members on best practices, design reviews, debugging, process improvements, and architectural decisions
Customer Focus: Collaborate with internal customers (testing/Lab team as well as IT, Rack teams) and resolve technical issues. Support customer engagements and deployments. Solve customer issues within appropriate SLA
Documentation and Communication: Prepare design and architecture documents, along with detailed test plans for networking software, facilitating clear communication, and understanding across teams
Automated Testing and Validation: Write test scripts, automate them, and conduct thorough testing of the developed networking software to ensure high quality and performance
Qualification
Required
Bachelor's degree in electronics or computer engineering or equivalent experience
A minimum of 12 years of extensive hands-on experience in networking software development
A track record of technical leadership and mentoring
In-depth knowledge of switching products and protocols, including Layer 2 and Layer 3
Aptitude for developing and maintaining satisfactory working relationships with clients and internal staff and effectively managing conflicts
Self-motivated with a strong ability to achieve and measure established goals
Preferred
Experience with SONiC switch software is preferred
Proficiency in Python and JavaScript, with experience in API development preferred
Benefits
Comprehensive benefits package
Participation in bonus and equity award programs
Company
Supermicro
Supermicro is a global leader in high-performance, high-efficiency server technology and innovation.
5001-10000 employees
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Funding
Current Stage
Public CompanyTotal Funding
$6.5B2026-01-06Post Ipo Debt· $2B
2025-06-24Post Ipo Debt· $2.3B
2025-02-11Post Ipo Debt· $700M
Leadership Team
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Matt Thauberger
Vice President of Strategy and Business Development
Somik Behera
General Manager, Software & AI Products
Recent News
2026-01-15
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