Cloud Networking Architect - Scale & Data Plane

IBM; Boston (MA); On-site; USD 192,000 - 358,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Traffic team and shape the networking fabric of Confluent Cloud. This remote role spans the United States, focusing on large-scale distributed systems, networking, and cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

You will lead architecture, drive roadmaps, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product teams and cloud providers, contributing to open source upstreams. Expertise in C++, Go, Python and Envoy proxy is essential.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in a relevant field; Master’s preferred.
• 12+ years of cloud infrastructure or cloud networking experience.
• Experience as an architect driving vision and technical roadmaps.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate high-performance, scalable network data plane platforms.
• Drive architecture, roadmap, and execute software projects with technical team leadership.
• Collaborate with product teams and cloud providers to solve complex problems.

Skills

C++

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Architect leadership

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Master's Degree

Tools

Envoy proxy

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

IBM Software is seeking a Principal Software Engineer to join the Traffic team and shape the networking fabric of Confluent Cloud. This remote role spans the United States, focusing on large-scale distributed systems, networking, and cloud infrastructure across AWS, Azure, and GCP.

You will lead architecture, drive roadmaps, mentor engineers, and collaborate with product teams and cloud providers, contributing to open source upstreams. Expertise in C++, Go, Python and Envoy proxy is essential.