Edge Networking Systems Engineer II

Frontdoor Defense; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Paid time off

Job summary

Blue Origin in Seattle is hiring a Software Engineer II to join the TeraWave PoP team. You will help build high-performance edge networking software at the intersection of the Linux kernel and user-space networking, delivering up to 6 Tbps symmetric speeds globally.

The role focuses on DPDK/VPP, kernel/user-space integration, and optimizing for line-rate 100G/400G with attention to latency, jitter, and reliability.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• Expert-level proficiency in Rust, C or C++.
• Experience with Linux systems programming including threading, memory management, and interrupt handling.
• Solid understanding of the OSI model, TCP/IP stack, and Ethernet switching fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Develop high-performance packet processing applications in C/C++ using DPDK and VPP to power the TeraWave PoP.
• Profile and optimize software to achieve line-rate performance at 100G/400G speeds while minimizing latency and jitter.
• Implement and integrate IP routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS) and tunneling encapsulation headers including SRv6, MPLS, and GRE.
• Develop drivers and software interfaces for hardware accelerators, SmartNICs, and FPGA-offload engines supporting the TeraWave dataplane.
• Drive continuous performance benchmarking and optimization of packet forwarding pipelines.

Skills

Rust

C/C++

Linux systems programming

Networking fundamentals

OSPF/BGP knowledge

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS or EE

Tools

DPDK

VPP

eBPF

XDP

Kubernetes CNI

DPDK-in-Docker

Job description

Blue Origin in Seattle is hiring a Software Engineer II to join the TeraWave PoP team. You will help build high-performance edge networking software at the intersection of the Linux kernel and user-space networking, delivering up to 6 Tbps symmetric speeds globally.

The role focuses on DPDK/VPP, kernel/user-space integration, and optimizing for line-rate 100G/400G with attention to latency, jitter, and reliability.