Senior Software Solutions Engineer

NVIDIA Corporation; United States; Remote; USD 150,000 - 230,000; Full time

Job summary

NVIDIA is seeking an experienced networking software engineer to join our Solution Engineering team focused on Mellanox Networking and Enterprise platforms. You will work with Enterprise customers and internal teams to deploy, troubleshoot, and optimize data center networking solutions.

The ideal candidate has 8+ years in system software development, strong C/C++, and deep knowledge of GNU/Linux, containers, and networking protocols.

Qualifications

• BSc in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent).
• 8+ years of system software development and troubleshooting experience, ideally with customer facing.
• Experience developing with C/C++ in kernel and/or application space and/or embedded software.
• Strong understanding of GNU/Linux and Linux-based virtualization (namespaces, containers, K8s).
• Intellectual curiosity, positive attitude, flexibility, analytical ability, self-motivation, and team orientation.
• Professional-level communication skills and interpersonal skills with a passion to solve problems.

Responsibilities

• Take ownership of Ethernet/InfiniBand deployments from inception to resolution.
• Develop features and tools to support Enterprise Service offerings including Networking products.
• Collaborate with NVIDIA Enterprise customers and internal users to improve availability and reliability.
• Bring independent analysis, communication, and problem-solving to customer experience.
• Collaborate with engineering to document, recreate and solve issues.

Skills

C/C++

Kernel space

Linux Networking

Kubernetes

Customer-facing

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Education

BSc in CS/EE/CE

Tools

Docker

Kubernetes

RDMA tooling

Job description

NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people on the planet working for us. If you’re creative, passionate, and self-motivated, we want to hear from you! We are looking for an experienced networking software engineer. An awesome candidate is highly technical who is also comfortable with dealing with enterprise customers. You will join a team of Solution Engineers focused on the Mellanox Networking, DGX Platforms, Container Orchestrators, Deep Learning containers, and other Enterprise related system software.

SW Solution Engineers spend approximately 50% of their time helping customers with their most complex problems and 50% of their time doing R&D related work. This individual should have proven grasp of datacenter and networking technologies, to provide comprehensive solutions for complex installations, maintenance, or operations for a broad scope of leading-edge networking products.

What you’ll be doing:

• Take ownership and drive customer issues with Ethernet or InfiniBand network adapter/DPU deployments from inception to resolution.
• Develop features and tools as part of solution engineering efforts to support all Enterprise Service offerings including but not limited to Networkingproducts.
• Work with NVIDIA Enterprise customers and internal users to improve the availability, reliability, and overall experience of working with NVIDIA Networking products.
• Bring independent analysis, communication, and problem-solving to customer experience.
• Collaborate with engineering to document, recreate and solve issues.

What we need to see:

• BSc in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or related field (or equivalent experience).
• 8+ years system software development and troubleshooting experience, ideally with some customer facing.
• Experience developing with C/C++ in kernel and/or application space and/or embedded software.
• Strong understanding of GNU/Linux (tools, utilities, kernel, networking stack) and Linux-based virtualization (namespaces, containers, K8s)
• Intellectual curiosity, positive attitude, flexibility, analytical ability, self-motivation, and team orientation.
• Professional-level communication skills, interpersonal skills with a passion to solve problems.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Familiarity with InfiniBand networks, RDMA protocol,RoCE,DPUs, DPDK, HPC applications (MPI/UCX), OVS
• Hands-on experience in troubleshooting and analysis of the common datacenter networking protocols/technologies (e.g.: LACP, OSPF, BGP, EVPN, VXLAN)
• Proven ability to deeply analyze IP / Layer 2 switching / Layer 3 routing networking protocols (ARP, STP, LACP, MLAG, IGMP, PIM, BGP, OSPF).
• Contributions to networking related open-source projects.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. For Poland: The base salary range is 230,250 PLN - 399,100 PLN for Level 4, and 281,250 PLN - 487,500 PLN for Level 5.