Senior Principal DPU & Networking Systems Engineer

Oracle; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 146,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, and vision insurance

401(k) Savings and Investment Plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is shaping the future of cloud networking with next‑gen DPUs and SmartNICs. This role focuses on hands‑on system software development close to hardware, including Linux internals, performance‑critical components, and hardware‑software co‑design for AI‑ready workloads.

You will build and optimize a DPDK‑based stack, kernel drivers, and acceleration layers, collaborating across Compute, Storage, OS, and Security teams to deliver scalable networking solutions for

Qualifications

• Expertise with systems programming in C, C++, Rust, or similar low‑level languages.
• Strong understanding of Linux operating system internals.
• Experience with networking protocols, packet processing, or high‑performance network programming.
• Familiarity with embedded systems, SmartNICs, DPUs, programmable hardware accelerators, or hardware‑adjacent software development.
• Ability to debug complex software issues across OS, driver, firmware, and hardware boundaries.

Responsibilities

• Architect and implement high performance, highly available system software components – DPDK‑based networking stack, hardware abstraction layers, and custom hardware acceleration stacks.
• Leverage C/C++ expertise in building network virtualization, high performance packet processing and protocol parsers.
• Leverage Linux OS expertise to manage memory, scheduling, I/O virtualization, kernel drivers and security features of the DPUs.
• Collaborate with senior architects across Oracle to lead and drive project execution.

Skills

C/C++

Rust

Linux internals

Networking

Kernel drivers

Tools

DPUs

SmartNICs

Networking stacks

Job description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is shaping the future of cloud networking with next‑gen DPUs and SmartNICs. This role focuses on hands‑on system software development close to hardware, including Linux internals, performance‑critical components, and hardware‑software co‑design for AI‑ready workloads.

You will build and optimize a DPDK‑based stack, kernel drivers, and acceleration layers, collaborating across Compute, Storage, OS, and Security teams to deliver scalable networking solutions for