R & D Engineer Software 5
Broadcom, USA-CA - Promontory D
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- Not listed by the employer
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- Area
- Software engineering
- Posted
- 25 days ago
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Job Description:
VCF Networking Data Plane Engineer
Plans, designs, develops and tests software systems and applications for software enhancements and new products. May develop software programs, products and tools required for the operation and control of programmable products.
You will lead the next generation of networking applications using your expertise in advanced high performance, scalable, virtual networking data plane distributed systems, software technologies and open source tools to solve difficult customer use cases and delight them in the process. You will be part of a bright engineering team that has open communication, innovation, empowerment and a customer success culture. You will collaborate with cross functional teams on innovative projects, with the authority and scope to apply your expertise in a fast-paced and technically driven environment.
Responsibilities
- Work on NSX Data Plane for the ESX hypervisor - the industry-leading virtual networking high performance data plane from Vmware by Broadcom.
- Work within a collaborative team setting with other developers to architect, design, implement and integrate new and enhanced features
- Virtual switches
- Network overlay technologies like vxlan and geneve
- Physical NIC drivers and SmartNIC solutions , including leverage offloads at the appropriate software/hardware interface
- Security, QoS
- Develop reliable data plane virtualization technology related new features using C/C++/Python.
- Write well-documented, high performance, reliable, maintainable code.
- Proficient at creating the testing strategy, detailed test cases and creating test data to ensure high quality of deliverables
- Ensure engineers document and perform thorough unit and functional testing, seeking reviews to ensure high quality code.
- Participate in specification, design, implementation, evangelism and support of the product, as well as improve existing features and product performance
- Provide technical leadership within a group on complex problems and issues and contributes to company patent portfolio and publications
· Characterize, analyze, optimize and benchmark performance, including applying performance tools
· Hands-on performance development including CPU utilization, memory profiling, optimizations and benchmarking
- Work closely with DevOps
- Technically lead team with multiple other engineers to develop, detailed software design and documentation
- Must have strong interpersonal skills and be able to work well in a team
Required Skills
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