NVIDIA
Manager, Software Engineering - Cumulus Linux
$224K–$431K
US, CA, Santa Clara · Manager · Full-time · Posted Oct 9, 2026
- Experience
- 10+ years of leadership experience; 2 or more years of people management experience.
- Education
- Master of Science in Electrical Engineering, Computer Science, or Computer Engineering, or Bachelors (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Leads a software engineering team developing Cumulus Linux infrastructure, telemetry, reliability, availability, and serviceability features for data-center networking.
What you'll do
- Lead development and delivery of Cumulus Linux telemetry and infrastructure features, including coding and debugging C and Python as needed.
- Partner across teams to develop and integrate solutions for system security, performance, reliability, and Linux infrastructure.
- Manage team growth and development, plan project efforts, and engage with upstream communities and technology trends.
What they ask for
- 10+ years of proven leadership in Linux systems and data center networking technologies.
- 2 or more years of people management experience in an enterprise environment.
- Strong background in Linux OS feature development; familiarity with cloud native concepts.
- Good knowledge of data modeling, OpenConfig, and streaming telemetry protocols like gNMI.
Nice to have
- Strong background in Linux systems and Linux kernel networking.
- Strong hands-on lab work experience involving system bring-up and debug.
Pay
224,000 USD - 356,500 USD (base salary, Level 3); 272,000 USD - 431,250 USD (base salary, Level 4)
Tools
Cumulus Linux, Debian, C, Python, Linux, OpenConfig, gNMI
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