Senior Systems Software Engineer - DPU Networking

Oracle; Providence (RI); On-site; USD 135,000 - 306,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) matching

Paid time off

Disability insurance

Job summary

Oracle is hiring a hands-on system software engineer to develop next-generation programmable DPUs for OCI’s networking platform. You will work on performance-critical Linux-driven software close to hardware, contributing to high-performance data paths and secure, scalable cloud networking.

The role focuses on Linux internals, kernel drivers, and hardware-software co-design with SmartNICs/DPUs, offering deep technical challenges and impact at scale.

Qualifications

• Experience with systems programming in 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.
• Collaborate with DPU vendors to implement software to efficiently use hardware resources on the DPU.

Skills

C

Rust

Networking

Linux internals

Embedded systems

Job description

Oracle is hiring a hands-on system software engineer to develop next-generation programmable DPUs for OCI’s networking platform. You will work on performance-critical Linux-driven software close to hardware, contributing to high-performance data paths and secure, scalable cloud networking.

The role focuses on Linux internals, kernel drivers, and hardware-software co-design with SmartNICs/DPUs, offering deep technical challenges and impact at scale.