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Software Engineer, DOCA

NVIDIA

ILonsitePosted May 27, 2026

At a glance

Highlights

  • Work on cutting‑edge SmartNIC technology
  • Collaborate with top technical leaders in networking acceleration
  • Contribute to NVIDIA DOCA SDK and cloud‑native services

Why this role might suit you

A candidate with solid C++ experience, strong Linux and networking background, and interest in high‑performance, cloud‑native infrastructure will thrive building core libraries for NVIDIA's DOCA platform.

Skills

c++linuxnetworking-protocolsethernetsecurity-protocolsvirtualizationperformance-optimizationscomputer-architectureoperating-systemssdk-designdpdkopenvswitch

About the role

We are looking for a Software Engineer. You will work with highly experienced engineers to provide the world's outstanding SmartNIC products for cloud-computing, research, medical, automotive, finance, weather, telco, and more. We are developing some of the core libraries of the NVIDIA DOCA SDK (https://developer.nvidia.com/networking/doca), rapidly growing DOCA functionality and use cases. With DOCA, developers can program the data center infrastructure by creating software-defined, cloud-native, secured, HW-accelerated services.

Our goal is to enable breakthrough network performance, using NVIDIA SmartNIC hardware capabilities and address the performance, scale and security demands of modern software-defined enterprise data centers and public cloud infrastructure.

What you'll be doing:

You will design, and develop the next-generation technology in network acceleration, as well as work with best-in-class technical leaders in this domain

Engage with customers and architects to understand the requirements and derive the software design accordingly

Collaborate with other engineering teams that develop the upper layers applications like virtual switches (OVS, VPP, and etc.) and lower layers like driver, kernel, FW, and HW

What we need to see:

B.Sc. (or equivalent experience) in computer science/software engineering

3+ years’ confirmed experience of Programming C/C++

3+ years’ confirmed experience in Linux environment and tools

Experience with Networking Protocols mainly Ethernet, and security protocols

Experience with virtualization technologies

Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills

Knowledge of computer architecture and operating systems.

Experience in performance optimizations

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Experience working with AI empowered dev tools

Knowledge and experience with designing SDKs

Open Source Software Contributor to relevant projects (OvS, DPDK, Linux Kernel..)

A positive demeanor, a growth mindset, and excellent interactions with colleagues

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. If you're creative and autonomous, we want to hear from you!

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