Senior Embedded Software Engineer – Networking & Switches

Fortinet, Inc.; Sunnyvale (CA); On-site; USD 160,000 - 220,000; Full time

Job summary

Fortinet, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a senior software engineer to design, develop and maintain features for FortiGate and FortiSwitch products. You will work on switch-controller related features and be hands-on with bug fixes to deliver high-quality software on schedule.

You will apply strong C/Linux skills, TCP/IP networking, and familiarity with L2/L3 features, as well as ARM/x86 architectures in a multi-threaded environment. Collaboration and clear communication are essential.

Qualifications

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

Responsibilities

• Design, develop and maintain software features on FortiGate/FortiSwitch products.
• Develop switch-controller related features for FortiGate/FortiSwitch.
• Hands-on bug fixing for current products.
• Implement high-quality features on schedule.
• Optimize code for performance and resource efficiency.
• Review team code changes for quality.
• Collaborate within and outside team to analyze approaches.
• Communicate effectively, both verbally and in writing.

Skills

C / Linux

TCP/IP networking

Code review

Socket programming

Scripting (Shell, Python)

Embedded systems

ARM / x86 architectures

Education

B.S. in Computer Science or Electrical Engineering

M.S. preferred

Tools

libcurl

JSON parsing

Python

Shell scripting

Job description

Fortinet, Inc. in Sunnyvale, CA seeks a senior software engineer to design, develop and maintain features for FortiGate and FortiSwitch products. You will work on switch-controller related features and be hands-on with bug fixes to deliver high-quality software on schedule.

You will apply strong C/Linux skills, TCP/IP networking, and familiarity with L2/L3 features, as well as ARM/x86 architectures in a multi-threaded environment. Collaboration and clear communication are essential.