Hybrid Data Plane Engineer — High-Performance Networking

Ribbon Communications Inc.; Town of Westford (WI); Hybrid; USD 125,000 - 140,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Incentive plan

Comprehensive benefits

Job summary

Ribbon Communications Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer for the Data Plane team in a hybrid role based in Westford, MA. You will design, implement, and test data plane features for our SBC products, collaborating with distributed engineering teams worldwide.

Responsibilities include researching solutions, accelerating data plane technologies, and troubleshooting customer issues while working with test teams to validate performance.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.
• 4-6 years of experience in computer networking, communications, or related software development.
• Strong programming skills in C/C++ with embedded systems development experience.
• Good understanding of Linux networking and TCP/IP fundamentals.
• Solid knowledge of operating system concepts including processes, threads, interrupts, timers, and memory management.
• Strong analytical, troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills.
• Experience with DPDK, VPP, SmartNICs, DPUs, or network processors.
• Hands‑on experience with Cloud Native Network Function (CNF) infrastructure and containerized networking environments.
• Ability to collaborate effectively with globally distributed engineering teams.

Responsibilities

• Design, implement, and test new data plane features for Ribbon's communications products.
• Research technical solutions and design data plane software for Ribbon's next generation networking products.
• Develop software for data plane acceleration technologies, including network processors, for use on turn‑key and custom hardware platforms.
• Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve customer‑reported issues across Ribbon's installed product base.
• Work closely with the system test team using in‑house and third‑party test tools to validate functionality and measure networking product performance.

Skills

C/C++

Embedded systems

Linux networking

TCP/IP basics

OS concepts

Analytical skills

CNF infra

Container networking

Education

Bachelors in CS/CE

Tools

DPDK

VPP

SmartNICs

DPUs

Network processors

Job description

Ribbon Communications Inc. is seeking a Software Engineer for the Data Plane team in a hybrid role based in Westford, MA. You will design, implement, and test data plane features for our SBC products, collaborating with distributed engineering teams worldwide.

Responsibilities include researching solutions, accelerating data plane technologies, and troubleshooting customer issues while working with test teams to validate performance.