[BLR] Network Platform Software Development – Principal Engineer

Arrcus; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 4,000,000 - 8,000,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous equity packages

Medical Insurance

Parental Leave

Job summary

Arrcus is seeking a Principal Engineer for its Network Platform Software Development in Bengaluru, India. You will contribute to ASIC bring-up, feature design, and performance improvements while mentoring engineers and collaborating with product teams.

The role requires extensive hands-on C/C++/Go/Python coding, deep networking knowledge, and leadership through complex, scalable systems development.

Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Engineering/CS or equivalent degree.
• 16+ years of relevant hands-on development experience.
• Deep understanding of pipeline architecture of one or more ASIC families (Broadcom:XGS).
• Architect/design/develop data path for L3/L2 QoS technologies and protocols.
• Linux OS internals, memory management and network stack expertise.

Responsibilities

• Bring-up networking ASICs and platforms.
• Write feature specs covering requirements and design.
• Implement improvements and features individually or in teams.
• Triage and resolve internal and customer issues.
• Lead a team implementing features and improvements.
• Plan, schedule, track project status to customer delivery.

Skills

C/C++

Go

Python

BroadcomSDK

P4

DPDK

Linux networking

IPv4/IPv6

L3/L2 data path

Education

BS/MS/PhD in Computer Engineering or CS

Tools

BroadcomSDK

P4

DPDK

Job description

[BLR] Network Platform Software Development – Principal Engineer
Bengaluru, India

About Arrcus

Arrcus was founded to enhance business efficiency through superior network connectivity. The Arrcus Connected Edge (ACE) platform offers best-in-class networking with the most flexible consumption model at the lowest total cost of ownership. The Arrcus team consists of world-class technologists who have an unparalleled record in shipping industry-leading networking products, complemented by industry thought leaders, operating executives, strategic partners, and top-tier VCs. The company is headquartered in San Jose, California. For more information, go to www.arrcus.com or follow @arrcusinc.

We offer a variety of roles in software, hardware, and cloud environments. We are looking for people who are self-motivated, creative, and agile. You will work closely with the top-notch talent in Arrcus in redefining networking..

Responsibilities

• Bring-up networking ASIC's and platforms.
• Write Feature Spec covering the requirements and detailed design
• Implement improvements and features individually or as part of a team
• Triage, resolve internal and customer found issues
• Evaluate, Integrate third party libraries
• Peer review of Feature Spec, Code, Test Plan and other engineering documents
• Improve performance/scale of existing features/solutions
• Help with interview, onboarding and mentoring of new hires
• Work with customer and product teams to understand new requirements
• Plan, schedule, track and periodically report the project status all the way to customer delivery.
• Lead a team which is implementing features and improvements
• Drive engineering wide initiatives for quality/scaling of shipping products and technologies
• Participate in Architecture and Design of new engineering initiatives
• Intellectual Property (IP) Protection - consider filing patents for Innovations involved in our products
• Industry engagements on technical level - papers, blogs, talks, standards

Education/Qualifications

• BS/MS/PhD in Computer Engineering/Computer Science or equivalent degree
• Ability to write high quality C/C++/Go/Python code
• 16+ years of relevant hands-on development experience in some of the following technologies
• Deep understanding of pipeline architecture of one or more ASIC families (Broadcom:XGS)
• Architect/design/develop data path for L3 technologies: IPv4, IPv6, MPLS,Segment Routing (SR)/SRv6, VRF, L3VPN
• Architect/design/develop data path for QoS technologies: Queueing, Classification, Policing, Marking, shaping, ACL, ECN, WRED
• Architect/design/develop data path for L2 technologies: STP, LLDP, sFlow, LAG, MLAG
• Deep understanding ofBroadcomSDK, P4, DPDK
• Linux OS internals, memory management and network stack
• RIB, FIB, and Hardware Abstraction Layer (HAL)
• High Availability, ISSU, Linux networking
• Debian Build/Packaging, Linux Kernel, Kernel Networking Stack
• Containers, Virtual Machines (VM)

Bonus

• Prior work experience in a startup or venture-backed company is a big plus.

Benefits

• Generous compensation packages including equity
• Medical Insurance
• Parental Leave

Equal Opportunity

At Arrcus, we’re proud to be an equal opportunity employer – We realise the key to creating a company with a world-class culture and employee experience comes from who we hire and creating a workplace that celebrates everyone. A strong belief of culture addition will propel us forward, together.

With this, we consider qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, creed, gender, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, sexual orientation, pregnancy, sex, gender identity, gender expression, genetic information, physical or mental disability, HIV status, registered domestic partner status, caregiver status, marital status, veteran or military status, citizenship status or any other legally protected category. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including but not limited to, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, layoff, recall, transfer, leaves of absence, benefits, compensation and training..