Senior Network Platform Software Engineer

PARALLEL WIRELESS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED; Bengaluru; On-site; INR 3,500,000 - 6,200,000; Full time

Job summary

PARALLEL WIRELESS INDIA PRIVATE LIMITED is seeking a Senior Platform Software Engineer with deep expertise in IPsec, VPP, and Linux networking to build and debug high-performance networking software. You will contribute to multi-tunnel and multi-network scenarios within containerized environments using Docker and Kubernetes, while advancing AI-assisted tooling for faster root-cause analysis.

The role emphasizes feature development, code-level debugging, and cross-team collaboration to optimize

Qualifications

• 8-13 years of hands-on software/platform development experience in networking or telecom.
• Strong hands-on experience with IPsec, VPP, and StrongSwan.
• Strong Linux/kernel networking expertise, including packet flow and system-level debugging.
• Hands-on experience with Docker/Kubernetes networking (CNI/Multus, SR-IOV, pod/service networking).
• Experience with VPP/DPDK and high-performance networking is highly desirable.
• Strong C/C++ programming and debugging skills with Python scripting for automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, debug, integrate, and maintain networking/platform software with IPsec, VPP, StrongSwan, and Linux networking.
• Develop and enhance networking features including IPsec/IKE, routing, DSP/SAD, tunnels, and traffic segregation.
• Understand codebases, modify code, implement fixes, and resolve defects across stacks.
• Debug complex networking scenarios across multi-tunnel, multi-network, VLAN, containers, and Kubernetes.
• Perform end-to-end troubleshooting and RCA across application, container, networking, VPP/DPDK, and Linux kernel layers.
• Develop AI-assisted tools for automated log analysis and root-cause identification; drive issues to resolution.

Skills

IPsec

VPP

StrongSwan

Linux networking

Docker

Kubernetes

C/C++

Python

AI tooling

Automation scripting

Tools

SR-IOV

Multus

CNI

DPDK

Job description

Senior Platform Software Engineer - IPsec/VPP/Kubernetes We are looking for a highly experienced Senior Network Platform Software Engineer with 8-12 years of hands-on software/platform development experience in networking, telecom, or high-performance networking domains. The role will primarily focus on network platform development, feature implementation, code-level debugging, issue resolution, and system integration across IPsec, VPP, StrongSwan, Linux networking, Docker, and Kubernetes. The engineer will also contribute to AI-assisted engineering initiatives, developing tools to automate log analysis and improve root-cause identification and debugging efficiency.

What you\'ll do:

• Design, develop, debug, integrate, and maintain networking/platform software involving IPsec, VPP, StrongSwan, and Linux networking.
• Develop and enhance networking features involving IPsec/IKE, routing, traffic selectors, SPD/SAD, tunnels, and traffic segregation.
• Work with existing codebases to understand implementation flows, modify code, implement fixes, and resolve defects.
• Debug complex networking scenarios across multi-tunnel, multi-network, VLAN, container, and Kubernetes environments.
• Perform end-to-end troubleshooting and RCA across application, container, networking, VPP/DPDK, and Linux kernel layers.
• Develop and enhance AI-assisted tools for automated log analysis and root-cause identification, and collaborate across teams to drive complex issues through resolution.

What you should have:

• 8-13 years of hands-on software/platform development experience, preferably in networking or telecom.
• Strong hands-on experience with IPsec, VPP, and StrongSwan, including implementation, debugging, and integration.
• Strong Linux/Kernel networking expertise, including packet flow, CPU/IRQ, performance, and system-level debugging.
• Hands-on experience with Docker/Kubernetes networking, including CNI/Multus, SR-IOV, pod/service networking, and cluster debugging.
• Experience with VPP/DPDK and high-performance networking is highly desirable.
• Strong C/C++ programming and debugging skills, with Python/scripting skills for automation, analysis, and development of engineering tools.
• AI & Automation - Good to Have: Exposure to AI/LLM-based developer tools or coding assistants.
• Interest or experience in applying AI to software development, log analysis, debugging, and RCA automation.
• Experience with automation, log-processing, or internal debugging/analysis tools.
• Nice to Have: Experience with VPP/DPDK datapath development and performance optimization.
• Experience with Linux kernel networking internals and system debugging tools.
• Experience with SR-IOV, Multus, CNI, and cloud-native telecom networking.
• Experience with high-performance packet processing and telecom networking products.

Role Evolution:

The initial focus will be on understanding the existing networking implementation, codebase, architecture, and failure patterns. Over time, the engineer will take increasing ownership of feature development, code-level debugging, defect resolution, performance optimization, and AI-assisted RCA capabilities. The objective is to build strong engineering ownership across the networking stack, from application and container layers through IPsec, VPP/DPDK, Linux networking, and kernel layers, while using AI-assisted automation to improve log analysis, debugging efficiency, and root-cause accuracy.

Experience Level Senior Level