Senior Staff Software Engineer, SDN Architecture
Core
Design and build high-performance networking solutions optimized for AI and HPC workloads, working deeply across the Linux kernel, packet processing pipelines, and network virtualization to deliver extreme throughput and low latency for massive GPU clusters.
Role type
Senior Staff Software Engineer (SDN Architecture)
Builds
Software-defined networking stack, high-performance drivers, and network fabrics for AI-first cloud
Domain
AI Infrastructure / Data Center Networking
Deliverable
production ML models | infrastructure
Required skills
Linux kernel architecture, C/C++/Go/Rust systems programming, XDP/eBPF/AF_XDP/DPDK, SmartNIC/DPU integration, network virtualization (SR-IOV/vDPA), fabric design (Spine-Leaf/EVPN/VXLAN), data plane debugging
Preferred skills
Open-source contributions, physical network device deployment, network orchestration, multi-node GPU training stack experience
Technologies
Linux kernel, XDP, eBPF, AF_XDP, DPDK, SR-IOV, vDPA, OVS, OVN, NVIDIA ConnectX, BlueField, Intel IPU
Responsibilities
Contribute to SDN technical direction and roadmap, lead architecture reviews and author design documents, build and optimize Linux kernel modules and high-performance drivers, design network architectures for GPU-to-GPU fabrics, implement and tune virtualization features, troubleshoot complex production performance issues, mentor engineers across the stack
Seniority
Senior Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship
