SONIC Principal Engineer

Overview

Principal Engineer on Marvell's Prestera SONiC team, designing next-generation switch silicon features and enterprise solutions on SONiC with a strong open-source presence in the SONiC community.

What you'll do

• Design new enterprise solutions and protocols in SONiC while integrating existing SONiC features into internal releases.
• Contribute new features and bugfixes to the SONiC community to keep internal releases closer to upstream SONiC.
• Understand industry trends to drive end-to-end solutions in SONiC and in next-gen Marvell Prestera switch silicon.
• Help drive OCP SAI specifications to bridge enterprise solution gaps from a SONiC point of view.
• Develop unit tests for SONiC features and support the validation team to ensure stable releases.

What you'll need

• 12+ years of experience designing switch NOS software, with a solid understanding of hardware.
• Demonstrated significant contributions to NOS solutions such as EVPN, SRv6, etc.
• Understanding of memory management, inter-process communication, containers (Docker), and build systems in a typical NOS.
• Understanding of how to expose switch silicon features to NOS/SONiC in the best possible manner.
• Proficiency in using AI-assisted tools for faster development.
• Expertise in C++ and Python.

Nice to have

• Familiarity with OCP SAI.
• Understanding of OCP SAI is preferable.
• Exposure to any data plane software like DPDK is preferred.

Details

• Location: Bangalore.
• Eligible to participate in Marvell's bonus and equity plans, including a new hire equity grant and annual equity refreshers.
• Applicants must be eligible to access export-controlled information under applicable law; export licensing review may apply to non-U.S. citizens, lawful permanent residents, or protected individuals.