Senior Systems Software Engineer – High-Performance Dataplane

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Seattle, Northern (WA, KY)

Hybrid

USD 165,000 - 231,000

Full time

12 days ago
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Medical, dental, vision
401(k) with company match
Paid parental leave
Stock options

Job summary

Blue Origin in Seattle seeks a Software Engineer to join the Dataplane team and craft high-performance network software powering the TeraWave PoP. You will work at the intersection of Linux kernel and user-space networking to deliver microsecond-accurate, carrier-grade reliability.

Responsibilities include designing and implementing packet processing apps in C/C++ using DPDK and VPP, profiling for 100G/400G line-rate performance, and integrating routing protocols and encapsulation headers.

Qualifications

  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field.
  • 2+ years of experience in systems programming with a demonstrated track record of 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 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

Strong systems programming
C/C++ proficiency
Linux systems programming
Network software performance

Education

Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field

Tools

DPDK
VPP
eBPF/XDP
Mellanox/NVIDIA MLNX_OFED
Intel E810
Broadcom DNX silicon
Kubernetes CNI

Job description

Blue Origin in Seattle seeks a Software Engineer to join the Dataplane team and craft high-performance network software powering the TeraWave PoP. You will work at the intersection of Linux kernel and user-space networking to deliver microsecond-accurate, carrier-grade reliability.

Responsibilities include designing and implementing packet processing apps in C/C++ using DPDK and VPP, profiling for 100G/400G line-rate performance, and integrating routing protocols and encapsulation headers.

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