Senior Software Engineer, DOCA HBN
Confirmed on the employer's own hiring board on Nov 3, 2026. First seen by Alion on Oct 28, 2026. NVIDIA scores B on the Alion truth index.
NVIDIA is a leader in computer graphics, PC gaming, accelerated computing, and AI. Within NVIDIA, the Networking Business Unit is building chips, systems, and software that power the most advanced data center and hyper-converged networks of today and tomorrow. The NVIDIA BlueField® data processing unit (DPU) and NVIDIA ConnectX® series of SmartNICs ignite outstanding innovation for modern data centers by offloading, accelerating, and isolating a broad range of sophisticated networking, storage, and security services.
We are looking for a highly motivated software engineer with experience in data forwarding technologies, Linux kernel and container networking, network functions virtualization (NFV), and related areas to join our team and work on innovative offload solutions. You will develop software for various networking offload and virtualization use cases as well as data forwarding on Ethernet switching platforms. You will use the latest software development tools and techniques and gain extensive knowledge of modern data center architectures and workload acceleration.
What you’ll be doing:
- Design, develop, test, and maintain new functionality and improvements to existing functionality related to offloading various networking services.
- Design, develop, test, and maintain system software components related to networking.
- Work on data forwarding functionality on Ethernet switching platforms.
- Lead and guide cross-functional teams on large feature development activities.
- Collaborate with team members, architects, QA, and Support teams on feature definition, development, release, and bug fixing.
What we need to see:
- B.Sc. or M.Sc. degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).
- A minimum of 5+ years of software development experience in areas such as data forwarding, NFV, SDN, kernel and container networking, SmartNICs, and offload solutions.
- Strong and validated experience in C programming.
- Strong technical abilities, problem-solving, design, coding, and debugging skills.
- Ability to lead feature development, take full ownership of tasks from A-Z, and deliver independently with minimal supervision.
- Quickly understand new requirements and technologies and swiftly prototype and implement solutions.
Ways to stand out from the crowd:
- Experience in virtualized networking and SRIOV, and packet processing using OpenVSwitch.
- Background in Linux kernel networking internals.
- Knowledge of routing and control plane technologies such as EVPN, Segment Routing, PIC, etc.
- Participation in the open-source community.
- Python, C++ and Rust programming skills.
With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and talented people in the world working for us and, due to unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you.