Senior Networking Software Engineer

OPPLANE Inc. is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Senior Networking Software Engineer with a strong focus on transport connectivity and networking products.

As a key member of our team you will design develop and deploy enterprise-grade networking appliances contributing to impactful large-scale systems in a fast-paced environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Design and develop high-performance networking features for enterprise-grade appliances
• Work on open-source data plane / fast path stacks (VPP DPDK)
• Lead technical initiatives and mentor team members
• Own features end-to-end delivering independently and at scale
• Collaborate cross-functionally and promote knowledge sharing
• Communicate architecture decisions and design trade-offs effectively including at senior levels
• Manage competing priorities with urgency accountability and strong ownership

Qualifications

• Bachelors or Masters degree in Computer Science Electrical Engineering or related field
• 8 years of experience building enterprise-grade appliances or similar systems
• 3 years delivering complex features independently
• Strong embedded software development skills in C/C (Python is a plus)
• Expertise in VPP DPDK or similar open-source data plane / fast path stacks
• Good understanding of DPDK-based traffic generators (e.g. TRex) development experience is a strong plus
• Strong knowledge of L2L4 networking and protocols (TCP/IP UDP ARP DHCP DNS NAT Firewall)
• Experience with security protocols (IPsec SSL/TLS) authentication and authorization
• Hands-on experience with Software Defined Networking (SDN) and distributed systems
• Familiarity with overlays and tunneling technologies
• Excellent software engineering fundamentals and clean coding practices
• Experience with Docker with a strong preference for Kubernetes experience
• Proven ability to succeed in collaborative startup-like environments
• Strong verbal and written communication skills

Nice to Have

• Experience with AWS Azure GCP OCI Alibaba Cloud
• Cloud-native architectures
• DevOps practices
• Distributed computing and microservices
• Cross-domain knowledge and solutions design mindset
• Security-first approach

About Opplane

Opplane specializes in providing advanced data-focused solutions for financial services telecommunication and reg-tech to accelerate their digital transformation journey. Opplane leadership team is comprised of Silicon Valley serial entrepreneurs and experienced executives. Its expertise comes from years of specific industry experience at some of the worlds top companies such as PayPal Xerox Parc Amazon Wells Fargo SoFi in the areas of product management data technology data governance data privacy security machine learning and risk management.

Global & Multicultural Diverse perspectives global collaboration (US Portugal India and Singapore offices)
Startup Energy Fast-moving impact-driven environment
Ownership Mindset Engineers own what they build
Collaborative & Friendly Open curious and supportive culture