Lead Engineer- Hardware Offload

Highbrow LLC; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

Akamai is seeking a Lead Engineer- Hardware Offload for remote work in the USA. You will drive hardware offload strategies, optimize ARM-based bare-metal performance, and push PCIe/NVLink interconnect optimizations across high-throughput data paths.

The role requires deep expertise in SR-IOV, NFV, DPDK/eBPF, and C/C++ for low-latency, kernel-bypass workflows. You will collaborate with platform teams to deliver measurable performance gains.

Qualifications

• Heavy experience in hardware offloading and systems performance tuning.
• Deep background in SR-IOV, NFV, and PCIe device pass-through.
• Mastery of C and C++ for bare-metal performance engineering.

Responsibilities

• Implement and optimize hardware-based network offloading (SR-IOV, NFV) for ARM bare-metal compute hosts.
• Investigate, integrate, and benchmark NVLink support for CPU-to-CPU interconnect performance improvements.
• Profile hardware bus bottlenecks, PCIe throughput, and latency characteristics on ARM superchip platforms.
• Deliver technical recommendations and kernel/user-space code enhancements to maximize platform throughput.

Skills

Hardware offloading

Performance tuning

C/C++ programming

ARM bare-metal

Kernel bypass

NVLink

Education

Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in CS/EE

Tools

SR-IOV

NFV

PCIe pass-through

DPDK

eBPF

DMA drivers

NVLink

Job description

Lead Engineer- Hardware Offload (Client: Akamai) [Location: Remote (USA) ]

Location:Remote (USA)

Job Description:

• Heavy experience in hardware offloading and systems performance tuning.
• Offload Technologies:Deep background in SR-IOV, NFV (Network Functions Virtualization), and PCIe device pass-through.
• System Programming:Mastery of C and C++ for bare-metal performance engineering.
• High-Speed Interconnects:Experience investigating or implementing hardware interconnect acceleration (such as NVLink CPU-to-CPU performance optimizations).
• Kernel Bypass:Knowledge of DPDK, eBPF, or direct memory access (DMA) drivers.

Job Responsibilities:

• Implement and optimize hardware-based network offloading (SR-IOV, NFV) for ARM bare-metal compute hosts.
• Investigate, integrate, and benchmark NVLink support for CPU-to-CPU interconnect performance improvements.
• Profile hardware bus bottlenecks, PCIe throughput, and latency characteristics on ARM superchip platforms.
• Deliver technical recommendations and kernel/user-space code enhancements to maximize platform throughput.

Education:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Computer or Electrical Engineering, Mathematics, or a related field.