Senior Software Engineer, Network Platform

Full-stack EngineerSoftware EngineerFull TimeRemoteSeniorTeam 1-10Company SiteLinkedIn

Location

Illinois

Posted

1 day ago

Salary

$165K - $225K / year

Seniority

Senior

Bachelor Degree5 yrs expEnglishKubernetesLinuxPythonTCP/IPGo

Job Description

• Collaborate with infrastructure to design and build scalable SDN orchestration systems leveraging NVIDIA Bluefield-3 DPUs to deliver programmable, high-performance networking for AI workloads with hardware-accelerated forwarding isolation. • Design and implement networking systems for research computing environments including Kubernetes and SLURM clusters, enabling high-performance connectivity, optimized network topology for distributed workloads, and seamless integration with cluster orchestration systems. • Implement automated SDN provisioning systems that handle VPC creation, subnet allocation, routing configuration, and network resource lifecycle from deployment through decommissioning. • Develop platform capabilities for managing Bluefield-3 DPUs including SR-IOV virtual function management, OVS offload configuration, network function deployment, and integration with compute orchestration systems. • Build enterprise-grade network isolation using VPCs, VXLAN, and hardware-accelerated forwarding to ensure complete tenant separation while maintaining high-performance connectivity for GPU clusters and distributed workloads. • Collaborate with infrastructure to optimize network paths for RDMA, RoCE, and GPU-to-GPU communication, ensuring minimal latency and maximum throughput for distributed training and large-scale computational workloads. • Develop robust APIs and SDKs for network resource management that integrate seamlessly with compute and storage platforms, enabling programmatic network provisioning and configuration. • Implement comprehensive network monitoring, telemetry, and troubleshooting systems that provide visibility into network performance, utilization, and tenant traffic patterns. • Build platform network security features including security groups, firewall rules, and policy enforcement that protect tenant workloads while enabling flexible network configuration.

Job Requirements

  • 5+ years in software engineering with proven experience building network platforms, SDN systems, or network automation for production environments.
  • Strong familiarity with Kubernetes networking architecture, CNI plugins, service networking, and network policies. Understanding of pod networking, services, ingress, and how Kubernetes manages network resources.
  • Deep understanding of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP, VLANs, VXLAN, BGP, OSPF, routing protocols, and data center network architectures.
  • Background in SDN concepts, network virtualization, overlay networks, and programmable networking technologies.
  • Experience with Go and Python for performance-critical networking components and services is highly valued.
  • Strong experience with Linux networking stack, including network namespaces, iptables/nftables, Open vSwitch, and kernel networking systems.
  • Familiarity with DPU/SmartNIC architectures (Bluefield, or similar), SR-IOV, hardware offload capabilities, and programmable networking hardware.
  • Understanding of RDMA, RoCE, Infiniband, and low-latency networking requirements for distributed computing and GPU workloads.
  • Demonstrated ability to solve complex networking performance and scalability challenges while balancing pragmatic shipping with good long-term architecture.
  • Comfortable navigating ambiguity, defining requirements collaboratively, and communicating technical decisions through clear documentation.
  • Growth mindset with continuous focus on learning and professional development.

Benefits

  • 6% 401(k) match
  • fully covered health insurance premiums
  • other comprehensive offerings to support your well-being and success as we grow together

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