Principal Embedded Software Engineer - Networking & Linux

Zoomcar; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision insurance

401(k) with company match

11 paid holidays, vacation & sick time

Equity program

Job summary

Fortinet is seeking a Principal Embedded Software Development Engineer to join the FortiSwitch Team in the United States. You will design, develop, and maintain software features for FortiGate/FortiSwitch, focusing on switch-controller functionalities.

You will fix bugs, optimize code, and ensure high-quality, timely feature delivery across platforms. We value deep C/Linux expertise, strong TCP/IP knowledge, and experience with kernel/driver development, ARM/x86 architectures, and embedded RTOS.

Qualifications

• Minimum 13 years of software engineering experience.
• Strong C/Linux experience essential.
• Deep knowledge of TCP/IP networking, switching and routing.
• Familiarity with L2 features: STP, RSTP, LACP, LLDP, VLAN.
• Familiarity with L3 features: BGP, OSPF.
• Experience with socket programming.
• Experience with Linux kernel and driver development.
• Experience with ARM and x86 architectures in a multi process/thread environment.
• Familiar with system installations, configurations, and troubleshooting.
• Knowledge of scripting languages: Shell and Python
• Knowledge of QA procedures and software development fundamentals.
• Experience with firewalls is a plus
• Experience with JSON data objects and their creation and parsing semantics is a plus
• Familiarity with embedded switch or router RTOS architecture
• Familiarity with CAPWAP, HTTPS tunnel is plus

Responsibilities

• Design, Develop and maintain software features on current and future products.
• Responsible for the development of the switch-controller related features of the FortiGate/ FortiSwitch product line.
• Hands on in bug fixing current products.
• Implement software features of high quality and on schedule.
• Optimize code for performance and resource efficiency
• Review other team members’ code changes to ensure good quality
• Collaborate within and outside team to understand and analyze the approaches
• Communicate effectively, both verbal and written.

Skills

C / Linux

TCP/IP networking

Socket programming

Linux kernel

ARM / x86 architectures

Scripting: Shell & Python

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

Tools

libcurl

REST APIs

JSON handling

CAPWAP / HTTPS tunnel

Job description

Fortinet is seeking a Principal Embedded Software Development Engineer to join the FortiSwitch Team in the United States. You will design, develop, and maintain software features for FortiGate/FortiSwitch, focusing on switch-controller functionalities.

You will fix bugs, optimize code, and ensure high-quality, timely feature delivery across platforms. We value deep C/Linux expertise, strong TCP/IP knowledge, and experience with kernel/driver development, ARM/x86 architectures, and embedded RTOS.