System Software Engineer

Bachelors in Computer Application(Computers)

Nationality: Any Nationality

Vacancy: 1 Vacancy

Job Description

Location: The Foundations team is based in EMEA and Americas time zones, from UTC+4 to UTC-8.

What your day will look like

• Collaborate proactively with a distributed team
• Shape software-defined networking products for evolving data centre architectures to meet ever-increasing bandwidth, reliability, security, and interoperability demands
• Write high-quality, well-designed and well-documented software
• Debug issues and produce high-quality code to fix them
• Collaborate proactively with a globally distributed organisation
• Contribute to technical documentation to make it the best of its kind
• Display technical leadership internally, towards our partners, and in the open source communities
• Influence open-source projects and communities
• Shape innovative product strategies
• Work from home, with global travel twice a year for company events of up to two weeks duration

What we are looking for in you

• An exceptional academic track record from both high school and university
• Undergraduate degree in Computer Science or STEM, or a compelling narrative about your alternative path
• Drive and a track record of going above-and-beyond expectations
• Knowledge of networking: architecture, design, and protocols
• Deep understanding and passion for Linux networking, from kernel to user space
• Professional experience with computer networks, including virtual networks, distributed systems as well as understanding of hardware offloading technologies.
• Interest in systemd-networkd, NetworkManager, ModemManager, iwd, conman, bluez, iproute2, Open vSwitch, WireGuard and similar software components
• Fluency in at least one of Golang, C/C++, Rust or Python
• Professional written and spoken English
• Experience with Linux (Debian or Ubuntu preferred)
• Interest in packaging software for Debian and Ubuntu
• Excellent interpersonal skills, curiosity, flexibility, and accountability
• Passion, thoughtfulness, and self-motivation
• Excellent communication and presentation skills
• Result-oriented, with a personal drive to meet commitments
• Ability to travel twice a year, for company events up to two weeks each