Senior Software Engineer, Core Infra & SmartNIC (Equity)

Oracle; Santa Clara (CA); On-site; USD 126,000 - 210,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health benefits

401(k) plan

Paid time off

Job summary

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build features for next-generation SmartNICs, interfacing with DPUs and GPU manufacturers. You will work on embedded Linux infrastructure and influence architecture in a fast-paced, highly collaborative team.

The role focuses on C/C++/P4, Linux kernel/driver work, and virtualization technologies, with strong emphasis on performance and reliability in data-center environments.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with C/C++ and P4 programming.
• Python scripting proficiency.
• Hands-on experience developing multi-threaded embedded Linux applications/infrastructure.
• Experience in one or more network or storage stacks - DOCA, TCP/IP, NVMe, PCIe, DPDK.
• Firmware development skills and experience with embedded systems.
• Knowledge of at least one of Intel/AMD/ARM computer architectures.
• Hardware and/or System bring-up experience.
• Experience with Linux Kernel/Driver programming.
• Proficient with Linux.
• Virtualization technologies (SRIOV, VirtIO etc).
• Experience in CI/CD environments.

Responsibilities

• Design and build features on next-generation SmartNICs from the ground up for AI infra.
• Collaborate with DPUs and with DPU and GPU manufacturers.
• Join a highly collaborative team and contribute to architecture and implementation decisions.

Skills

C/C++

P4 programming

Python

Embedded Linux

DOCA

TCP/IP

NVMe

PCIe

DPDK

Firmware

CPU architectures

Bring-up

Kernel/Driver

Linux

SR-IOV

VirtIO

CI/CD

Education

BSEE/BSCS/BSCE

MS degree (plus)

Tools

Job description

Oracle Cloud Infrastructure (OCI) is seeking a Senior Software Engineer to design and build features for next-generation SmartNICs, interfacing with DPUs and GPU manufacturers. You will work on embedded Linux infrastructure and influence architecture in a fast-paced, highly collaborative team.

The role focuses on C/C++/P4, Linux kernel/driver work, and virtualization technologies, with strong emphasis on performance and reliability in data-center environments.