We are seeking Software Engineers to build embedded and host-side software for a high-speed optical networking platform connecting GPU systems to advanced photonics technology. Working across teams in India and the UK, the role covers software–hardware co-design, NIC lifecycle management, optical control-plane services, Linux and RDMA drivers, observability and production support at scale, with a strong focus on performance, reliability and security.

Responsibilities

- Define scalable, secure and reliable architectures through software–hardware co-design

- Develop embedded NIC software from board bring-up through production deployment and lifecycle management

- Build optical-network control-plane software for topology, paths, resources, policy and fault management at scale

- Develop Linux PCIe/NIC drivers and host-side RDMA kernel and user-space software

- Deliver secure tools, daemons and services for configuration, upgrades, telemetry, diagnostics and recovery

- Drive automation, validation,



performance optimisation and end-to-end troubleshooting

Required Skills & Experience

- Strong embedded development experience on ARM, RISC-V, Nios, MicroBlaze or similar platforms

- Proficiency in C/C++, Linux kernel and user-space development, plus Python automation

- Knowledge of PCIe, DMA, interrupts, memory management and user–kernel interfaces

- Hands-on experience with RDMA/RoCE or InfiniBand, RDMA Core, verbs and zero-copy data paths

- Experience building distributed control planes and secure, resilient system services for production at scale

- Robust skills in observability, performance analysis, troubleshooting, automated testing and CI/CD

Accelerating AI in a Low Carbon World – Oriole Networks is a photonic networking company, developing disruptive technologies for AI/ML and HPC networking that will revolutionise data centres.

📌 Software Engineer – Embedded Systems, NIC & RDMA (Bengaluru)
🏢 ORIOLE
📍 Bengaluru