Dataplane Acceleration & Fast Path - Technical Lead

Description

• Lead development of dataplane modules using DPDK and OVS‑DPDK.
• Optimize packet‑processing paths for low‑latency and high‑throughput workloads.
• Perform NUMA tuning, CPU pinning, memory tuning.
• Conduct performance benchmarking, traffic simulation, and detailed profiling.
• Collaborate with architecture teams to influence design and performance strategies.
• Ensure high‑quality code, design consistency, and maintainability across deliverables.

• BE/ME in Computer Science/Computer Engineering, MCS.

• 4–6 years of experience in dataplane/fast‑path systems development.

• Strong sense of ownership and engineering discipline.
• Excellent debugging, performance analysis, and systems troubleshooting.
• Effective communication across teams and functions.

• Hands‑on with DPDK, OVS‑DPDK, OFP/ODP
• NUMA tuning, CPU pinning, hugepages
• Throughput/latency performance optimization
• Performance benchmarking tools and methodologies
• CI/CD: GitLab / BitBucket

• Satellite/teleports or other constrained/managed WAN environments.
• Experience with high-latency/variable-bandwidth links and Performance Enhancing Proxies (PEPs) (e.g. TCP acceleration/spoofing, header/data compression).