Senior Engineer (Software), Enterprise

NetBox Labs; New York (NY); On-site; USD 140,000 - 190,000; Full time

Job summary

NetBox Labs seeks a Senior Software Engineer with strong DevOps experience to build NetBox Enterprise, our on-premises product suite. You will own installation, configuration, and lifecycle management for customers and collaborate with cross-functional teams to resolve deployment challenges.

You will design HA on-prem solutions, extend our Kubernetes operator, develop the operations console, and implement robust CI/CD pipelines. Proficiency in Rust and Python across the stack is expected.

Qualifications

• 5+ years in software engineering, platform engineering, or SRE.
• Expertise with Kubernetes, Helm charts, and deployment automation.
• Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems and GitOps delivery.
• Strong Python skills for tooling, APIs, and automation.

Responsibilities

• Design, architect, and implement HA on-prem Kubernetes-based solutions.
• Extend and maintain Kubernetes operator for NetBox Enterprise.
• Develop and maintain the operational management console and tooling.
• Build multi-stage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and related tools.
• Drive six-week release cadence with defined versioning and release management.
• Write Rust and Python across the stack and internal tooling.
• Create documentation and best practices for deployments.
• Occasionally assist customers to diagnose deployment issues.

Skills

Kubernetes

Helm

Python

CI/CD

GitOps

Terraform

Linux

Open-source

Tools

GitHub Actions

ArgoCD

Job description

NetBox Labs seeks a Senior Software Engineer with strong DevOps experience to build and drive NetBox Enterprise, our on-premises product suite. You'll own installation, configuration, and lifecycle management for our customers, tackle complex technical challenges, proactively address deployment issues unique to on-prem environments, and collaborate closely with high-performing, cross-functional teams.

In this role you will:

• Design, architect, and implement Kubernetes-based, high-availability (HA) on-premises solutions, including control plane applications, telemetry systems, air-gapped installations, and appliance offerings

• Extend and maintain our Kubernetes operator, the core of how NetBox Enterprise installs, upgrades, and heals itself in customer environments

• Develop and maintain our operational management console and associated tools, ensuring a seamless user experience for lifecycle management

• Architect and implement robust multi-stage CI/CD pipelines using GitHub Actions and complementary DevOps technologies

• Drive releases on our six-week cadence, four weeks of build followed by two weeks of stabilization, including versioning strategy and structured release management

• Write Rust and Python across the stack, from operator internals to internal tooling and APIs

• Build internal tooling and APIs to facilitate integration testing by upstream application teams, validating changes ahead of inclusion in on-premises releases

• Develop comprehensive documentation and establish best practice guidelines for deployments

• Take a weekly turn as Engineering Guardian, fielding questions and escalations from across the organization and working directly with Customer Success and customers to diagnose and resolve deployment and operational issues

Requirements:

• 5+ years in software engineering, platform engineering, or SRE, with proven experience writing robust, maintainable code

• Demonstrated expertise with Kubernetes, Helm charts, and deployment automation, including complex multi-cluster and multi-region deployments

• Hands-on experience building inside an AI-augmented development harness, including Claude Code and the workflows that make agentic tooling reliable

• Strong Python skills for tooling, APIs, and automation

• Hands-on experience with CI/CD systems (GitHub Actions), GitOps delivery (ArgoCD or FluxCD), and infrastructure-as-code (Terraform)

• Strong knowledge of Linux systems, including system administration, troubleshooting, and networking

• Solid understanding of software supply chain security, including vulnerability scanning and CVE management, with tools such as Trivy, Dependabot, and GitHub code scanning

• Comfort working directly with customers to diagnose deployment and operational issues

Nice to Haves:

• Rust or Golang programming experience.

• Experience with virtual appliances and air-gapped installations

• Experience deploying applications using Replicated

• Familiarity with networking concepts or distributed system architecture

• 3+ years of experience in a B2B software startup or high-growth organization

• Open-source contributions or project involvement

Join us at NetBox Labs to shape the future of on-premise infrastructure intelligence and innovation.

About NetBox Labs:

NetBox Labs helps companies build and manage complex networks. We help customers accelerate network automation by delivering open, composable products and supporting the network automation community.

NetBox Labs is the commercial steward of open source NetBox, the world’s most popular network source of truth, and Orb, the next-generation open source network observability platform. Our products include NetBox Enterprise, a fully supported self-managed NetBox with advanced features, and NetBox Cloud, a secure, scalable, and reliable SaaS edition of NetBox.

NetBox powers thousands of companies, and NetBox Labs is backed by investment from Notable Capital (formerly GGV), Grafana Labs CEO Raj Dutt, Flybridge, IBM, Salesforce Ventures, and Mango Capital.

Our culture and values:

• We own and solve problems with high attention to detail.

• Our open source contributors, users, customers & team are all part of our community. When our community wins, we win.

• We prioritize simplicity and think twice before adding complexity

• Clear communication helps keep our team aligned and collaborating smoothly.

NetBox Labs is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We believe diverse teams build better software, and we welcome applicants of every race, color, religion, gender identity, sexual orientation, national origin, age, disability, and veteran status. If you need accommodation at any point in the process, just let us know.