Senior Network Software Engineer - Linux Kernel & InfiniBand

SysTechCorp Inc; California (MO); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

SysTechCorp Inc. seeks a senior networking software architect to design, develop, and evolve scalable, fault-tolerant networking software for high-speed interconnects.

You will lead system-level debugging, perform kernel and driver work on Linux, and collaborate with product, hardware, and systems engineering to push performance, reliability, and throughput across large-scale distributed environments.

Qualifications

• Extensive experience with Linux kernel and driver development.
• Production experience supporting Linux kernel, networking, and driver issues.
• Deep understanding of bare-metal and virtualized environments.
• Strong expertise in InfiniBand, Ethernet, RDMA, RoCE.
• Solid TCP/IP and UDP networking knowledge.
• Experience with Linux networking configuration, performance tuning, and diagnostics.
• Hands-on packet-level analysis.
• Linux kernel debugging with tcpdump, kgdb, crash.
• Designing and optimizing high-throughput, low-latency data transport protocols.
• Proficiency in C, Bash, Python.
• Experience with Massively Parallel Processing (MPP) architectures and MPI.
• Experience using AI-assisted development tools.

Responsibilities

• Architect, design, develop, and evolve scalable, reliable, and fault-tolerant networking software for high-speed interconnects.
• Deliver predictable networking performance across large-scale MPP and distributed systems.
• Lead complex system-level debugging and root-cause analysis of customer and field issues.
• Perform SLES Linux OS crash dump analysis across hardware, firmware, OS, and networking layers.
• Benchmark new technologies and quantify performance to guide platform architecture.
• Partner with product, hardware, platform, and systems engineering teams to prototype, benchmark, and productionize platform enhancements.
• Establish performance benchmarks, validation methodologies, and success metrics for networking tech.
• Influence platform roadmaps through knowledge of trends and partner technologies.
• Provide technical leadership through architecture reviews, code reviews, and mentorship.

Skills

Linux kernel

Kernel driver development

InfiniBand

Ethernet

RDMA

RoCE

TCP/IP

UDP networking

Packet analysis

C

Bash

Python

MPI

AI-assisted tools

Tools

tcpdump

kgdb

crash

DKMS

Build tools

Job description

SysTechCorp Inc. seeks a senior networking software architect to design, develop, and evolve scalable, fault-tolerant networking software for high-speed interconnects.

You will lead system-level debugging, perform kernel and driver work on Linux, and collaborate with product, hardware, and systems engineering to push performance, reliability, and throughput across large-scale distributed environments.