Staff Software Engineer II - Cloud Networking Platform

IBM; City of Poughkeepsie (NY); On-site; USD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Job summary

IBM Software in the United States seeks a Staff Software Engineer 2 to join our Traffic team, building the networking fabric of Confluent Cloud. You will architect, design, and deliver high-performance distributed systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP, leading a team and collaborating with cross-functional partners to drive production quality and reliability.

The role emphasizes open source engagement and cloud-native proxies like Envoy, with a focus on scalability, resilience, and operational

Qualifications

• 10+ years of cloud infrastructure and cloud networking experience.
• Strong fundamentals in distributed systems design and development.
• Experience building and operating large-scale systems.
• Experience leading a team of engineers and cross-team collaboration.
• Solid understanding of storage, networking and OS basics.
• Proficiency in C++, Go, Python, or similar statically typed languages.
• Experience with public clouds (AWS, Azure, or GCP) and proxies like Envoy.

Responsibilities

• Build and operate high-performance, scalable network data plane systems.
• Lead technical initiatives across networking, cloud infra, and multi-tenancy.
• Independently drive software projects and mentor engineers to production readiness.
• Contribute to open source projects and engage with upstream communities.
• Troubleshoot and improve ops for a multi-cloud, microservices-based stack.

Skills

C++

Go

Python

Distributed systems

Cloud infrastructure

Networking

Leadership

Education

Master's Degree

Tools

Envoy

Kubernetes

AWS

Azure

GCP

Job description

IBM Software in the United States seeks a Staff Software Engineer 2 to join our Traffic team, building the networking fabric of Confluent Cloud. You will architect, design, and deliver high-performance distributed systems across AWS, Azure, and GCP, leading a team and collaborating with cross-functional partners to drive production quality and reliability.

The role emphasizes open source engagement and cloud-native proxies like Envoy, with a focus on scalability, resilience, and operational