Senior Software Engineer (Network Infrastructure)
San Francisco, CA - USA
Job Summary
Senior Software Engineer (Network Infrastructure)
- Title of Role: Senior Software Engineer (Network Infrastructure)
- Location: - remote
- Company Stage of Funding: Series B Software Development
- Office Type: Remote
- Salary: $170K$220K
Company Description
Were representing a company that is redefining how organizations secure remote access to their private applications data and environments. Their platform replaces legacy business VPNs with a modern zero trust security model designed for distributed work and cloud-native infrastructure. Trusted by engineering-forward organizations they focus on providing reliable maintainable and scalable access control.
What You Will Do
- Design build and maintain high-performance network infrastructure components that support a zero trust access platform.
- Write systems-level code in C/C Rust and/or Go to address complex networking and performance challenges.
- Contribute to the architecture and evolution of core networking protocols tunneling mechanisms and traffic routing logic.
- Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure infrastructure components are reliable observable and scalable.
- Participate in design reviews code reviews and technical planning to maintain engineering quality standards.
- Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks reliability issues and security vulnerabilities in network-critical systems.
- Help shape the technical direction of infrastructure systems as the platform continues to grow.
Ideal Candidate Background
- 6 years of professional software engineering experience with a focus on network infrastructure or systems programming.
- Strong proficiency in C C Rust or Go with experience in systems-level or performance-sensitive codebases.
- Solid understanding of networking fundamentals including TCP/IP UDP DNS and tunneling protocols such as WireGuard and IPSec.
- Experience building and operating infrastructure demanding high availability low latency and security correctness.
- Comfortable working in a remote-first collaborative engineering culture with a high degree of ownership and autonomy.
Preferred
- Experience with low-level systems work and a strong interest in cybersecurity and zero-trust access control.
- Proven ability to own systems or components end-to-end from design through build and iteration.
Compensation and Benefits
The base salary for this role ranges from $170000 to $220000 commensurate with experience. This is a fully remote position within the United States offering flexibility and a collaborative work environment.
Required Experience:
Senior IC
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