Senior System Software Engineer, Software-Defined Networking
Core
Design, implement, and operate secure, programmable cloud networking for global GPU infrastructure supporting AI workloads and cloud gaming using Open vSwitch, OVN, and Kubernetes.
Role type
Senior System Software Engineer (SDN)
Builds
Multi-tenant control-plane and data-plane architectures, network plugins, distributed control planes, and automated testing workflows for production networks.
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure / Software-Defined Networking
Required skills
C, Go, Open vSwitch, OVN, OpenFlow, Kubernetes networking, Linux networking, distributed systems architecture, CI/CD, observability, incident response, gRPC/REST services
Preferred skills
Open-source contributions (OVN, Kubernetes), large-scale cloud virtualization (SR-IOV, RDMA, SmartNICs), AI-assisted development tooling
Technologies
Open vSwitch, OVN, Kubernetes, OpenFlow, C, Go, gRPC, REST, Linux, Python, Bash
Responsibilities
Define and evolve multi-tenant control-plane and data-plane architecture; develop production software for Kubernetes networking and network plugins; drive Open vSwitch and OVN integration across lifecycle management and performance; build automated testing workflows; lead networking escalations and incident resolution; define reliability and security objectives with telemetry and monitoring.
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC with technical leadership
