Senior Software Engineer, AI Networking

NVIDIA Corporation
Seattle, WA, United States
1 day ago
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Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Experience level
Expert
Experience required
8 years minimum
Compensation
$184,000.0 - $287,500.0
Working hours
Regular working hours

Tech stack

Artificial Intelligence C++ (Programming Language) Nvidia CUDA Computer Engineering Network Congestion Software Debugging Distributed Systems Firmware InfiniBand Network Protocols Performance Tuning Remote Direct Memory Access
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Software Engineering Software Systems System Programming Application Enhancement Tool Information Technology

Job description

  • Establish yourself as a technical specialist in AI networking products, specifically the BlueField DPU and ConnectX product lines. Architect, design, and develop innovative, scalable, and high-performance hardware-accelerated software solutions.
  • Lead deep technical engagements with hyperscalers, involving design-in, coding, bring-up, performance tuning, failure analysis, and production hardening.
  • Partner with internal engineering, product, and architecture teams to transform customer needs into product features, reference architectures, tooling, and guidelines.
  • Drive performance, reliability, and debuggability improvements across customer stacks and translate findings into actionable product, firmware, and software roadmap items.

Requirements

  • A Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related science degree (or equivalent experience)
  • 8+ years of relevant industry experience, including technical leadership across complex systems.
  • Deep knowledge of networking protocols and distributed systems, with a strong understanding of RoCE/InfiniBand, L1-L4 fundamentals, and performance/latency tradeoffs.
  • Proven low-level software expertise with proficiency in C/C++ and comfort debugging across firmware, driver, OS, and application.
  • Demonstrated experience in high-performance networking and system-level debugging, including packet drops, retransmissions, congestion, QoS, ordering, and buffer management.
  • Excellent interpersonal skills, with the ability to clearly explain complex topics to engineers, PMs, and customer collaborators, and align cross-organizational teams toward a decision.
  • Result driven and comfortable multitasking in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and changing requirements

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

  • Prior experience in customer-facing technical leadership at hyperscalers/CSPs.
  • Hands-on expertise with RDMA verbs, DPDK, DOCA, NCCL, CUDA-aware networking, congestion control, and performance tuning at scale.
  • Experience building internal tools, telemetry, and automation that improve triage speed and operational excellence.
  • Experience leading multi-team initiatives across geo/time zones, with clear examples of influence without authority as well as eager and proactive in bringing to bear AI-powered tools to accelerate debugging, documentation, and day-to-day engineering efficiency while maintaining strong engineering judgment.

Benefits & conditions

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4, and 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD for Level 5.

About the company

NVIDIA has been transforming computer graphics, PC gaming, and accelerated computing for more than 25 years. It’s a unique legacy of innovation that’s fueled by great technology-and amazing people. Today, we’re tapping into the unlimited potential of AI to define the next era of computing. An era in which our GPU acts as the brains of computers, robots, and self-driving cars that can understand the world. Doing what’s never been done before takes vision, innovation, and the world’s best talent. As an NVIDIAN, you’ll be immersed in a diverse, supportive environment where everyone is inspired to do their best work. Come join the team and see how you can make a lasting impact on the world.

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