Staff Software Engineer - Network Protocols & Data Plane

Own design, implementation, testing, and maintenance of core network data-plane components, including packet processing, protocol parsing, and metadata extraction.

Drive improvements to scalable Linux-based network data-path architecture focusing on ingestion, traffic steering, parser execution, and downstream data delivery.

For Staff level: lead architectural design decisions, mentor engineers, and establish engineering practices for network data-plane development in India.

10+ years of experience with 5+ years in production C++ development in systems, infrastructure, or networking.

Proficiency in Rust or equivalent memory-safe systems language and strong Python skills for coding, debugging, and automation.

Hands-on experience with Linux networking environments (Debian-based), protocol parsing, packet capture tools (Wireshark), and technologies like DPDK, XDP/AF_XDP.

Work Experience Required: 10+ years in relevant systems and networking engineering roles.

Senior-level engineer with deep systems programming expertise across Linux networking, concurrency, and performance optimization in high-throughput data planes.

Experienced in leading domain designs and holding ownership of critical production data-path or distributed system components at Staff level.

Comfortable employing AI-assisted development tools responsibly to enhance development speed, quality, and test coverage.