Senior Principal DPU Networking Systems Engineer

Oracle Corporation; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 210,000; Full time

Job summary

Oracle Corporation in Seattle is seeking an hands-on system software engineer to develop next‑generation DPUs and DPDK‑based networking stacks close to hardware. You will work on performance‑critical Linux‑based software, memory management, and kernel drivers for high‑speed cloud networking.

The role emphasizes low‑level programming, hardware‑software co‑design, and collaboration with cross‑functional Oracle teams to drive scalable, reliable networking infrastructure.

Qualifications

• Experience 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 operating system, driver, firmware, and hardware boundaries.
• Strong collaboration skills and the ability to work effectively in a highly technical engineering environment.

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 and peers across Compute, Storage, OS and Security groups across Oracle, to lead and drive project execution.

Skills

C/C++/Rust

Linux internals

Networking protocols

Embedded systems / SmartNICs / DPUs

Debugging across OS/driver/firmware/hw

Team collaboration

Job description

Oracle Corporation in Seattle is seeking an hands-on system software engineer to develop next‑generation DPUs and DPDK‑based networking stacks close to hardware. You will work on performance‑critical Linux‑based software, memory management, and kernel drivers for high‑speed cloud networking.

The role emphasizes low‑level programming, hardware‑software co‑design, and collaboration with cross‑functional Oracle teams to drive scalable, reliable networking infrastructure.