Senior Software Engineer, Network

Pantera Capital; Palo Alto (CA); On-site; USD 172,000 - 228,000; Full time

Job summary

Wealthfront is seeking a Senior Software Engineer with Networking expertise to join the Infrastructure team. You’ll work across data centers, offices, and cloud to build and maintain critical financial systems.

You’ll design, implement, and automate network infrastructure with vendor-agnostic IaC and software-defined tooling. You will manage hardware and topology, build telemetry, and own automated change management.

Qualifications

• Proficiency with Terraform, Ansible and Chef.
• Proficiency with Go, Python or Ruby and Git.
• Demonstrated experience with Linux systems.
• Experience automating production data center environments (hardware provisioning, config, capacity).
• Proficiency with networking protocols (BGP, MLAG, VLANs, DNS).

Responsibilities

• Manage networking and server hardware, topology, and connectivity in data centers and cloud.
• Design and build network telemetry, monitoring, and observability.
• Build and maintain automated change management to deploy network configs and provision hardware.
• Triage and fix operational issues as on-call engineer; participate in post-mortems and improvements.
• Collaborate on decisions about evolution of hybrid cloud architecture.
• Liaise with third parties, vendors and ISPs; travel to Bay Area and NJ data centers/offices for onsite projects.

Skills

Terraform

Ansible

Chef

Go

Python

Ruby

Linux

BGP

MLAG

VLANs

DNS

Education

BS or MS in Engineering or Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience

Job description

We’re looking for a Senior Software Engineer with Networking expertise to join our Infrastructure team, where you will work with hardware and networking across our data centers, offices, and the cloud to build and maintain critical financial systems.

Wealthfront’s Infrastructure team is a team of 'Generalists with Expertise' who adhere to the principles of infrastructure-as-code and automation. We operate both physical servers and cloud-based computing, and our network spans both environments.

About The Role

As a member of the Networking team, you will play a key role in shaping future network architecture. You operate comfortably across hardware and software boundaries, writing code to automate infrastructure and bringing strategic expertise to designing, implementing, and maintaining systems. You approach Networking problems with a bias towards vendor-agnostic IaC solutions.

As a key member of the Infrastructure team, you will:

• Manage our networking and server hardware, topology, and connectivity in our physical data centers and cloud
• Design and build network telemetry, monitoring, and observability
• Build and maintain an automated change management pipeline to deploy network configuration revisions and provision hardware
• Ensure critical services operate reliably by triaging and fixing operational issues as an on-call engineer, participating in post-mortems and implementing improvements to prevent future issues
• Make and collaborate on key decisions regarding the evolution of our infrastructure, such as our hybrid cloud architecture
• Be responsible for liaising with third parties, vendors and internet service providers as well as traveling to our Bay Area and New Jersey data centers and offices for onsite networking projects

This role could be a fit if you have:

• Proficiency with automation technology including Terraform, Ansible, and Chef
• Proficiency with at least one language such as Go, Python, or Ruby and configuration management tools such as Git
• Demonstrated experience with Linux systems
• Experience with automating production data center environments, including hardware provisioning, network device configuration, and capacity planning
• Proficiency with Networking protocols such as BGP, MLAG, VLANs, DNS
• Excellent communications and organizational skills
• BS or MS in Engineering or Computer Science or related field, or equivalent professional experience

Strong candidate may also have:

• Experience with routing and switching in data centers
• Familiarity with Palo Alto Networks Firewalls, Juniper switches
• Background on VPN technologies, like OpenVPN, IPSec, TLS
• Experience with AWS Networking technologies like Direct Connect, NACLs, Security Groups, VPC, etc

Once you join, Wealthfront will:

• Provide you with a mentor who who will support you in your onboarding journey
• Encourage you to lead impactful projects that match your professional goals
• Support your professional development by providing feedback during weekly 1:1s and our biannual reviews
• Provide autonomy so you can be a happy and successful member of our team

Estimated annual salary range: $172,000 - $228,000 plus equity and a discretionary bonus.

Benefits include medical, vision, dental, 401K plan, generous time off, parental leave, wellness reimbursements, professional development, employee investing discount, and more!

About Wealthfront

Here at Wealthfront, our mission is to create a financial system that favors people, not institutions. We do this by leveraging technology to build powerful, low-cost, and easy-to-use financial products that help modern investors grow and manage their money.

A Cash Account that, through our partner banks, offers one of the highest annual percentage yields on uninvested cash in the industry, while providing instant and secure access to your money with no account fees and a full suite of checking features.

A zero-commission Stock Investing Account with 50+ handpicked collections that help DIY investors discover new companies and make smarter investing decisions.

Multiple automated investing portfolios designed to unlock tax savings through sophisticated strategies like fixed income, tax-loss harvesting, and direct indexing— which we offer at industry-leading low costs and accessible minimums.

Our award-winning products have attracted over 1 million clients who trust us with more than $90 billion of their hard-earned savings—and we’re far from done. If you’re inspired to help us reshape the financial industry as we create our next chapter, let’s talk!

For more information please visit www.wealthfront.com. We are an equal opportunity employer and value diversity at our company. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, veteran status, or disability status.

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Disclosures:

All investing involves risk, including the possible loss of principal. Tax-loss harvesting benefits vary depending on the client’s entire tax and investment profile. Wealthfront doesn't provide tax advice. The Cash Account is offered by Wealthfront Brokerage LLC ('Wealthfront Brokerage'), Member of FINRA/SIPC. Wealthfront Brokerage is not a bank. We convey funds to partner banks who accept and maintain deposits, provide the variable interest rate, and provide access to FDIC pass-through insurance. Investment management and advisory services - which are not FDIC insured - are provided by Wealthfront Advisers LLC ('Wealthfront Advisers'), an SEC-registered investment adviser. The checking features offered in the Wealthfront Cash Account are provided by Green Dot Bank, Member FDIC. Fees and Eligibility requirements may apply to certain checking features, please see the Deposit Account Agreement for details.

By 'award-winning products', please refer to www.wealthfront.com/reviews for more information. Wealthfront Corporation oversees Total Client Assets and Trusted Clients through Wealthfront Advisers and Wealthfront Brokerage. Wealthfront Advisers and Wealthfront Brokerage are wholly owned subsidiaries of Wealthfront Corporation.