Senior Network & Security Software Engineer – Remote/Hybrid

Versa Networks, Inc.; Santa Clara, Northern (CA, KY); Hybrid; USD 200,000 - 310,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Health & Wellness

PTO

Flexible Work Environment

Professional Development

Employee Recognition

Collaborative Culture

Parental Leave

Pre-IPO equity

Job summary

Versa Networks, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA, seeks a Sr Network/Security datapath/infrastructure Software Engineer to architect and implement high-performance forwarding software.

You will join a seasoned team building real-time network tech for SD-WAN/SSE/SASE platforms. The role requires 5–10 years of hands-on experience and a Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, with involvement across multi-core architectures and network interfaces.

Qualifications

• Deep understanding of TCP/IP and LAN/WAN technologies.
• Experience with routing protocols (BGP/OSPF) and multi-core architectures.
• Hands-on experience with packet processing pipelines.
• Knowledge of VPNs (IPsec) and PKI/SSL is a plus.
• Experience with Ethernet/QAT/LTE/WiFi/SRIOV/virtio/vmxnet3/OVS interfaces is a plus.
• Prior experience with DPDK and multicore systems.
• Strong Linux kernel development experience is a plus.
• Proven ability to build scalable, high-performance systems with C/C++.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop software for real-time network applications on a multi-core architecture.
• Design, develop and maintain the NextGen Packet Forwarding and security features for SDWAN/SASE/SSE platforms.
• Collaborate across Development, System Test, PLM and TAC teams.
• Address challenging problems and introduce optimization ideas for the platform.

Skills

TCP/IP

LAN/WAN

Routing protocols

Packet processing

Remote Access VPN

IPsec

PKI & SSL

Ethernet interfaces

QAT interfaces

LTE

WiFi interfaces

SR-IOV

virtio

vmxnet3

OVS interfaces

DPDK

Multicore systems

Linux kernel development

C/C++

Education

Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science

Tools

DPDK

Job description

Versa Networks, Inc. in Santa Clara, CA, seeks a Sr Network/Security datapath/infrastructure Software Engineer to architect and implement high-performance forwarding software.

You will join a seasoned team building real-time network tech for SD-WAN/SSE/SASE platforms. The role requires 5–10 years of hands-on experience and a Bachelor’s/Master’s in Computer Science, with involvement across multi-core architectures and network interfaces.