Senior Networking Data Plane Engineer

Broadcom; Meadview (AZ); On-site; USD 144,000 - 230,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Discretionary annual bonus

Equity grants

Job summary

Broadcom seeks a VCF Networking Data Plane Engineer to design, develop and test software for the next generation of networking applications. You will work on high performance, scalable data plane distributed systems and open source tools to solve complex customer use cases and drive product quality.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, provide technical leadership, and contribute to performance benchmarking, testing strategies, and documentation.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree and 12+ years of related experience or a post‑graduate degree with 10+ years.
• Strong background in high performance, scalable, distributed systems.
• Experience with C/C++/Python for reliable software development.

Responsibilities

• Work on NSX Data Plane for the ESX hypervisor, Broadcom's virtual networking data plane.
• Architect, design, implement and integrate new and enhanced features including virtual switches and network overlay tech.
• Develop data plane virtualization tech using C/C++/Python with robust testing strategies.
• Write high performance, well-documented, maintainable code and perform thorough testing.
• Lead specification, design, implementation, evangelism and product support; improve performance.
• Provide technical leadership within the group and contribute to patents/publications.

Skills

Virtual networking data plane

C/C++

Python

Multi-threaded programming

Performance optimization

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's degree

Master's degree preferred

PhD optional

Tools

NSX Data Plane knowledge

VMware environment

Job description

Broadcom seeks a VCF Networking Data Plane Engineer to design, develop and test software for the next generation of networking applications. You will work on high performance, scalable data plane distributed systems and open source tools to solve complex customer use cases and drive product quality.

You will collaborate with cross-functional teams, provide technical leadership, and contribute to performance benchmarking, testing strategies, and documentation.