Senior Cloud & Edge Network Engineer (Hybrid Remote)

Viasat; Massachusetts; Hybrid; USD 165,000 - 261,000; Full time

Job summary

Viasat is seeking an experienced software engineer to design, develop, and deploy cloud and edge networking software. You will own deployment paths (CI/CD, IaC, observability) and contribute to ML pipelines optimizing routing and delivery decisions.

The role blends startup agility with enterprise stability in a hybrid Boston-area setting. You will work across AWS/GCP, contribute to AI-powered decisions, and help build self-healing systems, with production-ready code reaching users quickly.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of software development/engineering experience.
• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or equivalent experience.
• Systems design: designed and operated backend services in production.
• Strong problem-solving and collaborative mindset.
• Energized by what AI makes possible and rapid iteration.

Responsibilities

• Design, develop, and deploy cloud and edge network infrastructure software across AWS and GCP.
• Own the deployment path for what you build—CI/CD, infrastructure-as-code, and observability.
• Contribute to the ML pipeline that optimizes routing, caching, and delivery decisions.
• Work with real-user and synthetic performance data flowing through our collection and analytics pipeline.
• Build self-healing systems that detect, diagnose, and resolve production issues automatically.
• Help build the autonomous agent architecture that can progress unattended and be redirected.

Skills

Python

Go

Rust

Java

C/C++

Distributed systems

Web performance

Networking

Problem solving

AI capabilities

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science

Equivalent experience

Tools

AWS

GCP

Caddy

CI/CD

Job description

Viasat is seeking an experienced software engineer to design, develop, and deploy cloud and edge networking software. You will own deployment paths (CI/CD, IaC, observability) and contribute to ML pipelines optimizing routing and delivery decisions.

The role blends startup agility with enterprise stability in a hybrid Boston-area setting. You will work across AWS/GCP, contribute to AI-powered decisions, and help build self-healing systems, with production-ready code reaching users quickly.