Senior Cloud Networking Engineer — Scalable Data Plane

IBM; Lowell (MA); On-site; USD 120,000 - 180,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software in Lowell, MA is seeking software engineers at multiple levels to grow the Traffic team responsible for the networking fabric of Confluent Cloud. You will design, develop, and operate high-performance distributed systems spanning public clouds, containers, and virtualization.

The role emphasizes building scalable data planes, improving performance and cost efficiency, and contributing to open source components with proficiency in C++, Go, or Python.

Qualifications

• Education in computer science or related field, or equivalent work experience.
• 5+ years of relevant cloud infrastructure/cloud networking experience.
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development.
• Experience building and operating large-scale systems.
• Solid understanding of basic systems operations (disk, network, OS).
• A self-starter with ability to work effectively in teams.
• Proficiency in C++, Go, Python, or other statically typed languages.
• Experience with public clouds (AWS, Azure or GCP).

Responsibilities

• Build the software underpinning the mission-critical Confluent Cloud network data plane platform.
• Independently drive execution of software projects to deliver complex projects in production with a focus on quality.
• Build upon open source software to deliver business impact.
• Troubleshoot issues and improve ops for complex technical stack spanning three clouds, including microservices, containers, and virtualization.

Skills

C++

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Cloud networking

Public clouds

Education

Bachelor's Degree

Tools

Kubernetes Networking

Envoy proxy

Linux kernel networking

eBPF

Job description

IBM Software in Lowell, MA is seeking software engineers at multiple levels to grow the Traffic team responsible for the networking fabric of Confluent Cloud. You will design, develop, and operate high-performance distributed systems spanning public clouds, containers, and virtualization.

The role emphasizes building scalable data planes, improving performance and cost efficiency, and contributing to open source components with proficiency in C++, Go, or Python.