Senior Lead / Principal Architect – 4G/5G Network Element Platform Software

Location: Delhi and Bangalore

Experience Level: 12+ years in 4G/5G Platform Software Development

Domain: Telecommunications, O-RAN, RAN & Core Network Elements, Platform Software

Role Overview

We are seeking an experienced 4G/5G Network Element Platform Software Lead/Architect to design, architect, and deliver high-performance, low-latency bare-metal and virtualized platform software. In this role, you will lead the development of platform software across various architectures (CPUs, GPUs, DPUs, Network Processors, ASICs, FPGAs) and drive critical delivery, sustenance, and customer support programs.

Roles & Responsibilities

Architecture & Engineering: Drive end-to-end systems engineering, design, architecture, coding, debugging, and deployment of 4G/5G network element platform software.
Performance Optimization: Design and implement scalable, resilient, ultra-low latency, high-availability (HA) systems with deterministic throughput.
Technical Leadership:



Mentor and review high-performance platform software engineering teams toward technical and delivery excellence.
Program Delivery: Drive large-scale 4G/5G platform software development programs, field sustenance, and customer support operations.
Root-Cause Analysis: Diagnose and resolve complex platform-level issues, including packet loss, interrupt storms, NUMA imbalances, VF attachment failures, pod networking bottlenecks, and timing/synchronization instabilities.
Stakeholder Management: Communicate effectively with senior internal leadership and external customer stakeholders.

Required Technical Expertise & Skill Sets1. Platform & Data Plane Acceleration

OS & Hardware Platforms: Deep expertise in Linux-based bare-metal and virtualized platform software across CPUs, GPUs, DPUs, Network Processors, ASICs, and FPGAs for 4G/5G RAN and Core network elements.
User-Space Data Plane: Hands-on experience with VPP, DPDK, DOCA, SR-IOV, RDMA

📌 4G/5G Network Element Platform Software (Bengaluru)
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