NVIDIA

Senior Software Engineer, AI Networking

NVIDIA

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: AustinCaliforniaTexasUnited States

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Salary

💰 $184,000 - $356,500 per year

Job Level

About the role

  • 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
Benefits
  • Competitive salaries
  • Generous benefits package
  • Equity
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

Tip: use these terms in your resume and cover letter to boost ATS matches.

Hard Skills & Tools
AI networking productsBlueField DPUConnectX product lineshardware-accelerated software solutionsC/C++firmware debuggingdriver debuggingOS debuggingapplication debugginghigh-performance networking
Soft Skills
interpersonal skillstechnical leadershipcommunicationmultitaskingresult drivenproblem-solvingcollaborationdecision-makingadaptabilitycustomer engagement
Certifications
Bachelor’s degreeMaster’s degreePhD