Software Engineering Technical Lead, MX Networking

About the Role:

As a Lead Software Engineer, you will initially focus on delivering high-quality fixes for regressions and customer issues with our Security and SD-WAN MX device firmware. You identify and eliminate technical debt and code smells, accelerating release of our latest features to customers. As you mature in your knowledge of our codebase, you will be responsible for leading the Routing & SD-WAN features in MX by improving and re-architecting existing components and subsystems, as well as developing new features to support the future growth of the product, both in terms of functionality, simplicity, scalability, and availability. Our projects are driven by technological innovation and developer creativity in addition to market demands, giving you the structure and freedom to pursue projects you are most passionate about. You ll have the opportunity to work across teams to design features and systems to solve complex problems for our customers. With millions of people using Meraki products around the world, your work will have a significant impact from the day it is deployed.

You are an ideal candidate if you have:

Fluency in C or C++

10+ years experience in a production software engineering environment

A strong networking foundational knowledge (LANs, routing, switching, wireless)

Experience developing in SD-WAN environment (WAN analytics, multi-uplink, global route policy, quality-based routing)

Experience developing and troubleshooting in a Linux environment

Experience working with and writing concurrent programs

Understanding of OS fundamentals and experience working in both kernel and user space

A focused, organized approach to development, testing, and quality

Excellent communication and presentation skills

Bonus points for:

Knowledge of VPP, Click

Experience developing and implementing core network protocols (TCP/IP, DNS, DHCP, ARP)

Experience developing and implementing routing protocols (BGP/OSPF, VPN, IPv4/IPv6)

Good understanding of VPN, NAT development

Experience building cloud-based infrastructure and services (e.g. web applications)

Scripting skills in Ruby or Python

Understanding of network security fundamentals

Experience working with version control, specifically Git

Experience with Yocto

Does this sound like youWed love to hear from you!