Senior Systems Engineer - High-Performance Space Networking

Blue Origin; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 165,000 - 231,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, dental, vision

401(k) with company match

Paid time off

Stock options

Education support program

Job summary

Blue Origin is seeking a Software Engineer for the Dataplane team to design and implement edge networking software powering the TeraWave PoP. The role focuses on high-performance packet processing at 100G/400G speeds, integrating BGP/OSPF/IS-IS, SRv6, MPLS, and GRE, and working close with hardware accelerators.

You will influence software architecture, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across platform, hardware, and network teams to ensure scalable, low-latency dataplane solutions.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
• 2+ years of experience in systems programming with a track record shipping carrier-grade networking software.
• Expert-level proficiency in C or C++.
• Strong experience with Linux systems programming including threading, memory management, and interrupt handling.
• Solid understanding of the OSI model, TCP/IP stack, and Ethernet switching fundamentals.

Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance packet processing applications in C/C++ using DPDK and FD.io VPP to power the TeraWave PoP.
• Profile and optimize software to achieve line-rate performance at 100G/400G speeds while minimizing latency and jitter.
• Implement and integrate IP routing protocols (BGP, OSPF, IS-IS) and tunneling encapsulation headers including SRv6, MPLS, and GRE.
• Develop drivers and software interfaces for hardware accelerators, SmartNICs, and FPGA-offload engines supporting the TeraWave dataplane.
• Architect distributed dataplane systems capable of scaling horizontally across TeraWave PoP clusters.
• Provide technical leadership, conduct in-depth code reviews, and mentor junior engineers on low-level systems programming.
• Collaborate with platform, hardware, and network engineering teams to define dataplane software requirements and interfaces.
• Drive continuous performance benchmarking and optimization of packet forwarding pipelines.
• Contribute to software architecture decisions and technology selection for the TeraWave network edge infrastructure.

Skills

C/C++

Linux kernel

High-performance networking

DPDK

Education

Bachelor's degree in CS/EE

Tools

Mellanox/NVIDIA MLNX_OFED

Intel E810

Broadcom DNX-based silicon

Job description

Blue Origin is seeking a Software Engineer for the Dataplane team to design and implement edge networking software powering the TeraWave PoP. The role focuses on high-performance packet processing at 100G/400G speeds, integrating BGP/OSPF/IS-IS, SRv6, MPLS, and GRE, and working close with hardware accelerators.

You will influence software architecture, mentor junior engineers, and collaborate across platform, hardware, and network teams to ensure scalable, low-latency dataplane solutions.