Network Software Engineer
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Networking Software Engineer building high-performance enterprise networking appliances for financial, telecom, and reg-tech clients. Developing VPP/DPDK data-plane features and owning large-scale systems end-to-end.
Responsibilities:
- Design and develop high-performance networking features for enterprise-grade appliances
- Work on open-source data plane / fast path stacks (VPP, DPDK)
- Lead technical initiatives and mentor team members
- Own features end-to-end, delivering independently and at scale
- Collaborate cross-functionally and promote knowledge sharing
- Communicate architecture decisions and design trade-offs effectively, including at senior levels
- Manage competing priorities with urgency, accountability, and strong ownership
Requirements:
- Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field
- 3+ years of experience building enterprise-grade appliances or similar systems
- Strong embedded software development skills in C/C++ (Python is a plus)
- Good understanding of DPDK-based traffic generators (e.g., TRex) — development experience is a strong plus
- Strong knowledge of L2–L4 networking and protocols (TCP/IP, UDP, ARP, DHCP, DNS, NAT, Firewall)
- Experience with security protocols (IPsec, SSL/TLS), authentication, and authorization
- Hands-on experience with Software Defined Networking (SDN) and distributed systems
- Familiarity with overlays and tunneling technologies
- Excellent software engineering fundamentals and clean coding practices
- Hands-on experience with containerization technologies (e.g., Docker) and container orchestration platforms such as Kubernetes
- Proven ability to succeed in collaborative, startup-like environments
- Strong verbal and written communication skills
- Expertise in VPP, DPDK or similar open-source data plane / fast path stacks
- Experience with AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, or Alibaba Cloud
- Cloud-native architectures
- DevOps practices
- Distributed computing and microservices
- Cross-domain knowledge and solutions design mindset
- Security-first approach
- Knowledge of serverless architectures
Benefits:
- Global & Multicultural – Diverse perspectives, global collaboration (US, Portugal, India and Singapore offices)
- Startup Energy – Fast-moving, impact-driven environment
- Ownership Mindset – Engineers own what they build
- Collaborative & Friendly – Open, curious, and supportive culture













