Software Engineer III - TeraWave
Blue Origin1 day ago
Base Salary
$165k - $231k/yr
Responsibilities
- Design and develop high-performance packet-processing applications in C/C++ using DPDK and FD.io VPP.
- Profile and optimize software for 100G/400G line-rate performance with minimal latency and jitter.
- Implement IP routing protocols and tunneling encapsulations, including BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, SRv6, MPLS, and GRE.
- Develop drivers and software interfaces for hardware accelerators, SmartNICs, and FPGA-offload engines.
- Architect horizontally scalable distributed dataplane systems for TeraWave Point of Presence clusters.
- Provide technical leadership, conduct code reviews, and mentor junior engineers.
- Collaborate with platform, hardware, and network engineering teams on dataplane requirements and interfaces.
- Lead performance benchmarking and optimization of packet-forwarding pipelines.
- Contribute to software architecture and technology-selection decisions for network-edge infrastructure.
Requirements
- Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
- At least 2 years of systems-programming experience with a demonstrated record of shipping carrier-grade networking software.
- Expert proficiency in C or C++.
- Strong Linux systems-programming experience, including threading, memory management, and interrupt handling.
- Strong understanding of the OSI model, TCP/IP, and Ethernet switching fundamentals.
- Preferred experience with DPDK or VPP, eBPF, XDP, or Linux kernel networking internals.
- Preferred experience with Mellanox/NVIDIA MLNX_OFED, Intel E810, or Broadcom DNX-based silicon.
- Preferred knowledge of BGP, EVPN, and Segment Routing/SRv6.
- Preferred experience with CPU pinning, NUMA awareness, cache-line optimization, Kubernetes CNI, and DPDK-in-Docker deployments.
- Background in space systems, satellite communications, or telecommunications networking is preferred.
- Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or lawfully admitted refugees or individuals granted asylum due to export-control regulations.
Benefits
- Medical, dental, vision, basic and supplemental life insurance, paid parental leave, short- and long-term disability, a 401(k) company match of up to 5%, and an Education Support Program.
- Stock options for regular employees working at least 20 hours per week.
- Up to four weeks of paid time off per year based on scheduled hours and up to 14 company-paid holidays.
- Employees may be eligible for role- and level-dependent benefits and bonuses, subject to company discretion and change.
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About Blue Origin
Blue Origin designs and manufactures rocket engines, reusable launch vehicles, and lunar transport systems for commercial and government customers. Its products include the suborbital New Shepard, the in-development New Glenn orbital rocket, BE-4 engines (used on ULA’s Vulcan), and the Blue Moon lander; revenue comes from launch services, engine supply, and space systems contracts, including a NASA Human Landing System award. Founded in 2000 by Jeff Bezos, the company is headquartered in Kent, Washington.