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Open Source Networking Software Engineer - ToR Switch / SmartNIC / DPU

Canonical

Home Based - Americas; Home Based - APAC; Office Based - Beijing, China; Office Based - Taipei, TaiwanFull-time

Posted 31 Mar 2026

About this role

Software has moved to play a central role in network technology. From outstanding routing implementations like Bird and FRR to overlay networking technology such as OVN/OVS and Cilium, from kernel with SwitchDev to userspace with DPDK, from P4 to OpenFlow, the relationship between network innovation and software continues to deepen. We are building teams to bring the very best open source networking software to market in a well integrated and opinionated stack that brings the latest hyperscaler innovation to end…

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Software has moved to play a central role in network technology. From outstanding routing implementations like Bird and FRR to overlay networking technology such as OVN/OVS and Cilium, from kernel with SwitchDev to userspace with DPDK, from P4 to OpenFlow, the relationship between network innovation…

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