Principal Software Engineer, Rack Scale Systems Infrastructure

What you'll do

• Define the complete software architecture for rack-scale products including control planes, firmware, and networking fabrics.
• Develop infrastructure-as-a-service control plane software to make hardware manageable and programmable for cloud and enterprise clients.
• Build open-source infrastructure software such as libraries, services, and integration APIs for internal and external use.
• Bridge hardware and software teams across domains like BMC, BIOS, OS images, and high-performance networking protocols.
• Translate long-term infrastructure roadmaps into formal technical requirements, architecture specifications, and execution plans.
• Partner with hyperscalers and enterprise customers to align infrastructure capabilities with real-world deployment needs.
• Establish reliability, security, and validation strategies to reduce risk before hardware reaches production environments.
• Mentor senior engineers and lead technical teams in developing large-scale networked systems and control plane software.

What we're looking for

• BS or MS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• 15+ years of experience in systems architecture, system software, distributed systems, or infrastructure engineering.
• Proficiency in coding with Go, C++, or Rust to develop production-quality infrastructure software.
• Experience with Kubernetes and cloud-native primitives for managing large-scale infrastructure services.
• Expertise in Linux-based infrastructure, including OS rollout, kernel/driver interactions, and firmware lifecycles.
• Strong knowledge of data center networking technologies such as Ethernet, InfiniBand, and RDMA.
• Experience with out-of-band management architectures including BMCs, Redfish, and IPMI protocols.
• Ability to design software for open source release while balancing community collaboration and product requirements.