Senior System Software Engineer, Software Defined Networking

Nvidia

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Work type: Remote
Location: Santa Clara, CA
Salary: $184,000–$287,500 / yr
Employment: Full-time
Posted: 53 days ago
Freshness: Confirmed live yesterday
Nearby: 99+ roles within 25 mi

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Nvidia is a leading designer of graphics processing units (GPUs) and system-on-chip units, powering gaming, professional visualization, data centers, and artificial intelligence workloads. Industry: Semiconductors & AI Computing

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TL;DR · Senior System Software Engineer, Software Defined Networking

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The Senior System Software Engineer, Software Defined Networking will join the team to design, build, and operate highly performant, scalable SDN solutions for AI Clouds hosting GPU-accelerated workloads. The role involves developing next-generation multi-tenant cloud SDN control and data plane software, building Infrastructure-as-a-Service virtual network orchestration, and driving upstream contributions to OVN-Kubernetes. Key responsibilities include developing software for network observability, maintaining CI/CD pipelines, and ensuring production reliability through incident management. Candidates must possess expert knowledge of OVN, OVS, OpenFlow, and modern network protocols while demonstrating strong programming skills in C, Go, Bash, and Python. Required technical competencies include Kubernetes, CNIs, gRPC, REST, Ansible, Terraform, and ArgoCD. The work focuses on solving complex networking problems for hyperscale multi-node training, inference, and cloud functions.

What does a System Software Engineer earn in California?

Median $235750 from 70 postings across 4 companies.

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Skills

OVS OVN OpenFlow Kubernetes C Go Python gRPC REST Terraform Ansible GitLab ArgoCD Flux Prometheus Grafana OpenTelemetry CI/CD GitOps

What you'll do

Design and develop multi-tenant cloud SDN control and data plane software using OVS, OVN, and OpenFlow.
Build Infrastructure-as-a-Service virtual network orchestration and services using gRPC and REST.
Develop software for network observability, including monitoring, telemetry, and performance analysis.
Operate and support OVS-OVN based SDN solutions in large-scale AI Cloud environments.
Build and maintain monitoring, alerting, and distributed tracing for the SDN stack.
Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines for Linux host networking, OVS, OVN, and Kubernetes CNIs.
Implement GitOps approaches for secure integration with cloud infrastructure.
Drive reliability through incident management, resource monitoring, and performance tuning.

What we're looking for

BS/MS in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience.
8+ years of proven experience in software development for large-scale distributed environments.
Expert-level knowledge of OVN, OVS, OpenFlow, and modern network protocols.
Strong programming skills in C and Go, with advanced scripting in Bash and Python.
Deep knowledge of Kubernetes and practical experience deploying and supporting CNIs like OVN-Kubernetes.
Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and deployment tools such as Ansible, Terraform, ArgoCD, and Flux.
Experience designing and operating complex, multi-stage CI/CD pipelines.
Experience developing secure, high-performance services using gRPC and REST with TLS and strong authentication.