Senior System Software Engineer, Software Defined Networking

NVIDIA
Taipei
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeFunction: Software EngineeringExperience: 5+ yearsEducation: mastersSkills: ["Reliability engineering","Incident management","Production ownership","Collaboration"]

Design, build, and operate highly performant SDN solutions for NVIDIA AI Cloud GPU workloads. Own the SDN stack lifecycle—control/data plane development (OVS/OVN/OpenFlow), virtual network orchestration with gRPC/REST, and large-scale production operations. Drive observability (metrics, tracing, dashboards), incident/reliability practices, and next-gen CI/CD GitLab pipelines for Linux networking, OVS/OVN, and Kubernetes CNIs.

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Senior System Software Engineer, Software Defined Networking

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Job Summary

Design, build, and operate highly performant SDN solutions for NVIDIA AI Cloud GPU workloads. Own the SDN stack lifecycle—control/data plane development (OVS/OVN/OpenFlow), virtual network orchestration with gRPC/REST, and large-scale production operations. Drive observability (metrics, tracing, dashboards), incident/reliability practices, and next-gen CI/CD GitLab pipelines for Linux networking, OVS/OVN, and Kubernetes CNIs.
Location: Taipei
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Software Engineering
Seniority: Mid level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Design and develop multi-tenant cloud SDN control and data plane software using OVS, OVN, and OpenFlow.
  • •Build infrastructure-as-a-service virtual network orchestration and services supporting tenant SLAs using gRPC and REST.
  • •Contribute upstream to OVN-Kubernetes and related open-source networking projects, including observability software for telemetry and performance analysis.
  • •Operate and support OVS-OVN based SDN solutions in large-scale NVIDIA AI Cloud environments with end-to-end monitoring, alerting, tracing, and dashboards.
  • •Design and maintain CI/CD pipelines (GitLab), implement GitOps-style integrations, and drive reliability through incident management, resource monitoring, and performance tuning.

Key Requirements

  • •BS/MS in Computer Science or related technical field (or comparable education and experience).
  • •5+ years of software development experience in large-scale distributed environments.
  • •Expert knowledge of OVN, OVS, OpenFlow, and modern network protocols.
  • •Strong programming skills in C and Go, plus scripting experience with Bash and Python.
  • •Practical experience with Kubernetes and deploying/supporting CNIs (OVN-Kubernetes), along with infrastructure-as-code and deployment tools.
Experience:5+ yearsDistributed systemsKubernetesNetworkingInfrastructure-as-CodeSRE
Education:Master's in Computer Science
Skills:Reliability engineeringIncident managementProduction ownershipCollaboration
Tech Stack:OVSOVNOpenFlowGRPCRESTTLSKubernetesOVN-KubernetesCNIsLinuxBMaaSVMaaSGitLabGitOpsAnsibleTerraformArgoCDFluxCGo

Company Brief

NVIDIA
Designs and manufactures GPUs, AI accelerators, and system-on-chip products for gaming, data centers, professional visualization, and automotive markets, enabling advanced graphics, AI, and high-performance computing solutions worldwide.
Industry: Electronics Manufacturing
Company Size: Enterprise (1,001+ employees)
Revenue: USD 1B+
Growth: Public Company
Valuation: Public Company (Market Cap in USD)
Funding: IPO / Publicly Listed
Headquarters: Santa Clara, United States
Founded: 1993
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