Meta
DPU Networking Architect, Infrastructure Silicon
$178K–$250K
Sunnyvale, CA +1 · Full-time · Posted Oct 2, 2026
- Location
- Sunnyvale, CA
Austin, TX - Experience
- 8+ years required; 15+ years is listed as an alternative qualification.
- Education
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience; PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or Electrical Engineering is also listed.
About the job
Architects networking datapaths for Meta DPUs, defining hardware, firmware, and host-software responsibilities and interfaces from early design through silicon bring-up.
What you'll do
- Design DPU networking datapaths, offloads, and software-programming interfaces.
- Partner with firmware, software, RTL, design, DV, and PD teams on implementation, integration, and PPA trade-offs.
- Support networking silicon bring-up and use performance analysis to guide architectural decisions.
What they ask for
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
- 8+ years of relevant industry experience architecting networking datapaths and packet-processing pipelines for NIC/DPU or comparable ASICs.
- Experience with DPU/SmartNIC architectures, datacenter networking protocols, RDMA and storage protocols, and offload mechanisms.
- Experience with performance modeling and networking datapath hardware/software interfaces.
Nice to have
- Experience with P4, ASIC development flows, or high-level synthesis.
- Experience with post-silicon performance validation, SystemC, or Python-based automation.
Pay
$178,000/year to $250,000/year base salary
Tools
Ethernet, IPv6, TCP/UDP, Geneve, PSP, SRv6, RoCEv2, P4
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