NVIDIA · 2 weeks ago
Senior Software Engineer, Networking
Santa Clara, CA
Full-time
Onsite
Senior Level
$148K/yr - $288K/yr
5+ years expNVIDIA is a leader in the field of computer graphics, PC gaming, accelerated computing and AI. They are seeking a highly motivated software engineer with experience in data forwarding technologies and network functions virtualization to develop software for data forwarding and NFV capabilities.
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Responsibilities
Designing, developing, testing and maintaining new functionality and improvements to existing functionality related to forwarding and offload of routing, ACLs, QOS, CLAG, NAT, policy-based routing, VxLAN-EVPN and so on
Working on data forwarding on Ethernet switching platforms as well as on SmartNICs, based on the roadmap
Collaborating with team members, architects, QA and Support teams on feature definition, development, release and defect fixing
For senior levels, leading and guiding multi-functional teams on large feature development activities
Qualification
Required
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, take full ownership of tasks from A-Z and deliver independently with minimum supervision
Ability to swiftly understand new requirements and technologies and quickly prototype and implement solutions
Preferred
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 SRIOV, container networking concepts, networking functionality like NAT, Firewall and Load Balancer etc
Knowledge of Linux kernel networking as well as experience with control plane operation in areas like EVPN, Segment Routing etc
Participation in the open-source community and python programming skills
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NVIDIA
NVIDIA is a computing platform company operating at the intersection of graphics, HPC, and AI.
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