About The Position
We are seeking a Senior Principal Network Development Engineer (IC5) to lead backend NIC qualification and New Product Introduction (NPI) for next-generation networking platforms supporting GPU- and accelerator-based clusters. This role is critical to enabling OCI’s AI superclusters by ensuring NIC technologies meet stringent requirements for RDMA performance, cluster scale, and workload isolation. As an IC5, you will operate as a technical leader owning complex, ambiguous problem spaces end-to-end. You will drive cross-organizational initiatives spanning hardware vendors, OCI compute and networking, and data center operations, while influencing architecture and long-term roadmap decisions.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- 8–12+ years of experience in networking, systems engineering, or hardware validation in large-scale distributed environments
- Deep expertise in NIC architecture and advanced features (RDMA/RoCE, congestion control, SR-IOV, queueing, offloads)
- Strong understanding of distributed systems networking for AI/ML workloads (e.g., collective communication patterns, east-west traffic scaling)
- Advanced knowledge of Linux networking stack and kernel-level debugging
- Proven experience leading hardware qualification and/or NPI efforts in data center or cloud environments
- Strong debugging skills across hardware, firmware, driver, and system layers
- Proficiency in automation and tooling (Python, Bash, or similar)
- Experience with performance benchmarking and traffic analysis in high-scale environments
Nice To Haves
- Experience with AI/HPC networking (e.g., RoCEv2, InfiniBand concepts, GPU cluster networking)
- Familiarity with distributed training frameworks (e.g., NCCL) and their network behavior
- Knowledge of PCIe, NUMA, and GPU/accelerator interconnect considerations
- Experience in hyperscale cloud environments
- Exposure to SmartNICs, DPUs, or offload-driven architectures
- Experience building validation pipelines integrated with CI/CD systems
- Background in large-scale cluster bring-up and production operations
Benefits
- flexible medical
- life insurance
- retirement options
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Principal
Number of Employees
5,001-10,000 employees
