Staff Engineer, Edge Protocols | Low-Latency Networking

United States Digital Space LLC; Los Angeles (CA); Hybrid; USD 211,000 - 254,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Hybrid work model

Equity program

Discretionary bonus

Job summary

the company is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Edge Protocols team. You will write and deploy C and Rust code, optimize network protocols, and mentor engineers to enhance scalable edge infrastructure. Hybrid work and on-call duties apply, with remote options within the US and Canada.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, security-focused protocol work, and contributions to open source projects such as h2o and picotls.

Qualifications

• Experience designing low-latency, reliable systems.
• Production experience with C, C++, Rust.
• Familiarity with Linux and network programming.
• Experience mentoring engineers and collaborating cross-functionally.

Responsibilities

• Write, test, and deploy C/Rust code.
• Optimize network software for TLS, HTTP, QUIC.
• Shape technical roadmap with cross-functional teams.
• Contribute to open source projects like h2o and picotls.

Skills

C

Rust

C++

Linux

Network programming

Mentoring

Distributed infra

Documentation

On-call support

Tools

h2o

picotls

Job description

the company is seeking a Staff Software Engineer for the Edge Protocols team. You will write and deploy C and Rust code, optimize network protocols, and mentor engineers to enhance scalable edge infrastructure. Hybrid work and on-call duties apply, with remote options within the US and Canada.

The role emphasizes cross-functional collaboration, security-focused protocol work, and contributions to open source projects such as h2o and picotls.