Staff Software Engineer: AI-Driven Networking & Cloud Systems

Extremenetworks; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 170,000 - 200,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Salary up to USD 170k–200k

Benefits

Job summary

Extreme Networks, Inc. in Seattle and San Jose is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help shape intelligent networking and advanced AI-driven systems.

You will lead core platforms handling massive network data, deliver real-time analytics, and guide design and implementation across distributed services. The role requires 8+ years in software development, strong programming skills (Python/Java/C++/Go), and experience with cloud-based distributed systems.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related discipline or equivalent practical experience.
• 8+ years of experience across the complete software development lifecycle, including architecture, design, coding, code reviews, testing, build processes, deployment, and production operations.
• 8+ years of programming experience in Python, Java, Go, or C++.
• 5+ years leading the design and architecture of large-scale distributed systems on cloud platforms (AWS, Azure, Google Cloud).
• Experience in real-time microservices, stream processing, distributed data platforms, cloud infrastructure, AI or agentic systems, network telemetry, or large-scale analytics.
• Experience designing systems that process high-volume, high-velocity data with scalability, availability, latency, and reliability.
• Experience mentoring engineers, serving as a technical lead, or leading an engineering team.
• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, ML, or related discipline; or equivalent practical experience.
• Experience building scalable, event-driven microservices and processing large volumes of real-time data.
• Experience building generative AI or agentic systems including tool use, planning, memory, retrieval, orchestration, evaluation, and deployment.
• Experience developing networking, observability, telemetry, cloud infrastructure, or distributed control-plane systems.
• Experience with Kafka, Spark, Flink, PySpark, MapReduce, or similar technologies.
• Experience working with large-scale real-world datasets and building reliable production systems that translate data into insights or automated outcomes.

Responsibilities

• Lead development of core platforms and services that process large volumes of network and operational data and power AI experiences across Extreme.
• Build scalable, secure, observable, and reliable real-time systems for enterprise use cases.
• Contribute to AI experiences and agentic automation across products and platforms.
• Collaborate across networking, cloud, security, and data processing teams to drive architecture and delivery.

Skills

Python

Java

Go

C++

Distributed systems

Leadership / mentoring

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Engineering, Mathematics, or related

Master’s or PhD in Computer Science/Engineering/ML

Tools

Kafka

Spark

Flink

PySpark

MapReduce

Job description

Extreme Networks, Inc. in Seattle and San Jose is seeking a Staff Software Engineer to help shape intelligent networking and advanced AI-driven systems.

You will lead core platforms handling massive network data, deliver real-time analytics, and guide design and implementation across distributed services. The role requires 8+ years in software development, strong programming skills (Python/Java/C++/Go), and experience with cloud-based distributed systems.