Senior System Software Engineer

NVIDIA is looking for highly motivated Senior Software Engineers to join NVIDIA in the Cumulus Linux team! We present you with an opportunity to be part of the team that develops the Network Operating System that powers data centers that are accelerated, disaggregated and software-defined to meet the exploding growth in AI and high-performance computing. You'll be part of a software development team responsible for defining and implementing core infrastructure services, as well as Reliability, Availability and Serviceability features for Cumulus Linux, the Debian-based operating system for NVIDIA's market-leading Ethernet switches.

What you’ll be doing:

• Work closely with the customers to understand the pain points, new use cases, deployment strategies and come up with innovative solutions

• Collaborate with product, architecture, and engineering teams for the feature definition, design, development, and end-to-end integration of features into the Cumulus Linux

• Design, Develop, and maintain new functionality and improvements in system services and system infrastructure components and related programmatic interfaces and APIs.

• Develop and maintain software in C, Python, and Shell scripts

• Debug and resolve issues reported by the Quality Engineering and customer facing teams

What we need to see:

• BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

• 5+ years of experience in developing enterprise software for infrastructure components / libraries, protocols like DNS, DHCP, Timing Protocols, Good Knowledge in High Availability, Process Health Monitoring and Software upgrades.Knowledge of Yang data modeling and management protocols like SNMP, Netconf or gNMI

• Experience in C programming, Python programming, and shell scripting

• Experience using source code management tools, as well as code coverage, unit testing and debugging tools

• Strong technical abilities, problem-solving skills, design, coding, and debugging skills

• Excellent written and verbal communication and interpersonal skills

• Ability to deliver independently with minimum supervision

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

• Significant hands-on experience in infrastructure components / libraries and networking protocols

• Strong background in Linux Systems and Linux kernel networking and Exposure to CI/CD tools

• Participation in the open-source community.

With competitive salaries and a generous benefits package, we are 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 and, due to unprecedented growth, our exclusive engineering teams are rapidly growing. If you're a creative and autonomous engineer with a real passion for technology, we want to hear from you.

Your base salary will be determined based on your location, experience, and the pay of employees in similar positions. The base salary range is 152,000 USD - 218,500 USD for Level 3, and 184,000 USD - 287,500 USD for Level 4.Applications for this job will be accepted at least until January 13, 2026.

This posting is for an existing vacancy. 

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