- BS/MS in Computer Science or related technical field, or equivalent experience
- 8+ years of proven experience in software development for large-scale distributed environments
- Expert-level knowledge of OVN, OVS, OpenFlow, and modern network protocols
- Strong programming skills in C and Go; advanced scripting in Bash and Python
- Deep knowledge of Kubernetes, practical experience deploying and supporting CNIs (OVN-Kubernetes)
- Hands-on experience with Infrastructure-as-Code and deployment tools (Ansible, Terraform, ArgoCD, Flux)
- Experience designing and operating complex, multi-stage CI/CD pipelines
- Hands-on experience developing secure, high-performance services using gRPC and REST with TLS and strong authentication
- Strong knowledge of datacenter routing, switching, and Linux host/VM networking
Ways to stand out from the crowd
- Contributions to open-source projects (especially OVS, OVN, OVN-Kubernetes, or other Kubernetes networking projects)
- Experience with hardware acceleration (GPU, DPU or equivalent experience) for networking
- Practical experience with major cloud providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) and hybrid/multi-cloud deployments
- SRE/DevOps top-level expertise — on-call, incident management, operations focused on service reliability targets, production ownership
- Experience with observability platforms and tools (Prometheus, Grafana, Jaeger, OpenTelemetry, ELK)
With a competitive salary package and benefits, NVIDIA is widely considered to be one of the technology world’s most desirable employers. We have some of the most forward-thinking and hardworking people in the world working for us. Are you a creative and autonomous Systems Software Engineer who loves challenges? Do you have a genuine passion for advancing the state of Networking, SDN, and Cloud Networking across a variety of industries? If so, we want to hear from you.
Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and other objective job-related factors. The expected base salary range for this position is 184,000 USD – 287,500 USD.
You will also be eligible for equity and benefits.
Applications for this job will be accepted at least until November 3, 2026.
This posting is for an existing vacancy.
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