Senior Network Engineer: P2P QoS & Rust/Go Backends

Helodata; United States; Remote; USD 180,000 - 260,000; Full time

Job summary

Helodata is seeking a senior network engineer to own the routing and scheduling fabric for a large-scale peer-to-peer network. The role offers paths toward senior, staff Rust, or backend Go positions, with emphasis on scalable, fault-tolerant systems.

You will design routing, QoS, and scheduling algorithms, work in Rust or Go, and review open-source networking projects to guide architecture. Expect Linux kernel-bypass and eBPF-based optimization work.

Qualifications

• Five+ years of hands-on experience with TCP/IP and modern networking protocols.
• Familiarity with the Linux network stack, eBPF, and/or DPDK.
• Ability to read large C/C++ codebases such as Cilium and Envoy.

Responsibilities

• Design and evolve the P2P routing fabric, including path and peer selection.
• Build and refine node scheduling and QoS algorithms at internet scale.
• Contribute systems-level work in Rust, Go, or low-level networking code.

Skills

TCP/IP

Linux networking

eBPF

DPDK

Rust

Go

C/C++

Tools

Cilium

Envoy

eBPF tooling

Job description

Helodata is seeking a senior network engineer to own the routing and scheduling fabric for a large-scale peer-to-peer network. The role offers paths toward senior, staff Rust, or backend Go positions, with emphasis on scalable, fault-tolerant systems.

You will design routing, QoS, and scheduling algorithms, work in Rust or Go, and review open-source networking projects to guide architecture. Expect Linux kernel-bypass and eBPF-based optimization work.