Firmware Engineer, Data Center Networking (Equity Eligible)

53 Stations; San Francisco (CA); On-site; USD 210,000 - 250,000; Full time

Job summary

Meter is seeking an engineer to design and implement a high-performance switch OS and firmware for data center products in San Francisco. You will collaborate across engineering leadership, hardware, QA, and infrastructure teams to bring next‑gen TOR and Spine switches into production.

In your first 6–12 months you’ll integrate switching chips, scale protocols like BGP/EVPN, and automate firmware brings ups with a focus on reliability and test coverage.

Qualifications

• Proficiency in writing and debugging embedded Linux software, firmware, or device drivers in C/C++.
• Experience with switching SDKs is a plus, as is familiarity with Golang or similar backend languages.
• Understanding of networking fundamentals (TCP/IP, L2/L3 networking) is helpful; learn quickly on the job.
• Excited to play an early and broadly influential role in Meter’s Data Center products.
• A mindset of curiosity and impact motivated by turning complex systems into simple, elegant customer experiences.
• You raise issues early and are known to be dependable, kind, and autonomous.

Responsibilities

• Bring new switches to production by integrating and validating the SDK, ensuring all ports are operational.
• Scale network protocol implementations (BGP, ECMP, LACP, VXLAN, EVPN) with robust data models.
• Improve firmware releases through automation of monitoring, upgrades, and rollbacks; pass a 30-day stress test.

Skills

Embedded Linux

Golang

Networking basics

Tools

Switch SDKs

Job description

Meter is seeking an engineer to design and implement a high-performance switch OS and firmware for data center products in San Francisco. You will collaborate across engineering leadership, hardware, QA, and infrastructure teams to bring next‑gen TOR and Spine switches into production.

In your first 6–12 months you’ll integrate switching chips, scale protocols like BGP/EVPN, and automate firmware brings ups with a focus on reliability and test coverage.