NVIDIA
Senior Software Engineer, AI Networking
$184K–$356K
US, WA, Seattle · Senior · Full-time · Posted Jul 8, 2026
- Experience
- 8+ years of relevant industry experience.
- Education
- Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related science degree (or equivalent experience).
About the job
Leads technical engagements and develops high-performance, hardware-accelerated AI networking software and architecture for NVIDIA’s BlueField DPU and ConnectX products.
What you'll do
- Architect, design, and develop scalable networking software; lead customer design-in, coding, bring-up, tuning, debugging, and production hardening.
- Translate customer needs into product features, reference architectures, tools, and guidelines with internal teams.
- Improve performance, reliability, and debuggability, and turn findings into product, firmware, and software roadmap items.
What they ask for
- Bachelor’s, Master’s or PhD in Software Engineering, Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering or a related science degree (or equivalent experience).
- 8+ years of relevant industry experience, including technical leadership across complex systems.
- Deep knowledge of networking protocols and distributed systems, including RoCE/InfiniBand, L1–L4 fundamentals, and performance/latency tradeoffs.
- Low-level software expertise with C/C++ and debugging across firmware, driver, OS, and application; demonstrated high-performance networking and system-level debugging experience.
Nice to have
- Customer-facing technical leadership at hyperscalers/CSPs; hands-on expertise with RDMA verbs, DPDK, DOCA, NCCL, CUDA-aware networking, congestion control, and performance tuning at scale.
- Experience building internal tools, telemetry, and automation; leading multi-team initiatives; and proactively using AI-powered tools to accelerate engineering work.
Pay
184,000 USD - 287,500 USD (base salary, Level 4); 224,000 USD - 356,500 USD (base salary, Level 5)
Tools
BlueField DPU, ConnectX, RoCE/InfiniBand, C/C++, RDMA verbs, DPDK, DOCA, NCCL
AI focus
Proactively use AI-powered tools to accelerate debugging, documentation, and day-to-day engineering efficiency while maintaining engineering judgment.
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