High-Performance Networking Software Engineer (Linux/DPDK)

Blue Origin; Washington; Hybrid; USD 170,000 - 238,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Stock options

Parental leave

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Software Engineer II for the TeraWave PoP in the Greater Seattle Area/Cupertino, CA. The role focuses on building edge software that powers a space-grade satellite network, operating at microsecond-scale performance with Linux kernel and user-space networking integration.

Responsibilities include developing packet-processing apps in C/C++, optimizing for line-rate 100G/400G, and implementing routing protocols with SRv6, MPLS, and GRE.

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 FD.io 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

DPDK

VPP

Networking protocols

BGP/OSPF/IS-IS

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE or related field

Tools

DPDK

FD.io

VPP

Kubernetes CNI

eBPF/XDP

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Software Engineer II for the TeraWave PoP in the Greater Seattle Area/Cupertino, CA. The role focuses on building edge software that powers a space-grade satellite network, operating at microsecond-scale performance with Linux kernel and user-space networking integration.

Responsibilities include developing packet-processing apps in C/C++, optimizing for line-rate 100G/400G, and implementing routing protocols with SRv6, MPLS, and GRE.