Broadcom R & Engineer Software 

United States, California, Palo Alto 

989123593

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 be a key member in 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/hardwareinterface
  • 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

• A firm grasp of design and development of the virtual networking data plane
• Occasionally research innovative technologies, implement proofs of concept, and share your learnings with the team
• Large system architecture knowledge
• Excellent design and programming skills with a focus on virtual networking data plane distributed systems
• Demonstrable implementation experience of high performance, highly concurrent, scalable multi-threaded solutions.
• Knowledge and previous experience in developing reliable software using C/C++/Python.
• Strong analytical and problem solving skills, attention to detail
• Experience of performance analysis, benchmarking, and trouble-shooting including data gathering, scalability testing, and system profiling is an advantage.
• In-depth hardware architectural knowledge includingmulti-core/multi-threadCPUs, pipelines, cache hierarchies, TLBs, interconnects and memory address translations, NUMA
• Hands-on performance development including CPU utilization, memory profiling, optimizations, and benchmarking
• Desire to work in an exciting environment, working on interesting projects with multiple stakeholders and delivering new technologies and products to the marketplace.
• Hard-working with a "whatever it takes" attitude.
• Varied background and familiarity with a broad range of technologies and infrastructure.
• Recognized as an engineering leader or technical expert in the domain
• Attract key talent to the team through technical evangelism
• Foster innovation, creative thought and new ideas and / or solutions in team

Bachelors and 8+ years of related experience; Masters degree and 6+ years of related experience