2 days ago
Vancouver, CanadaSenior
Responsibilities
- Influence the evolution of Megaport’s edge compute and networking platform.
- Architect and optimize bare-metal infrastructure for high-performance VNF workloads.
- Design and implement networking solutions leveraging EVPN and host-based technologies.
- Act as a technical advisor and drive technical strategy, standards, and system-wide design patterns across teams.
- Troubleshoot complex, high-impact issues across distributed systems and improve platform scalability, reliability, and performance.
- Collaborate cross-functionally, communicate with stakeholders and leadership, and align engineering efforts with business and product goals.
- Break down initiatives, estimate work, manage technical debt, standardize systems, and drive continuous platform improvements.
- Mentor engineers on system design, trade-offs, and architectural thinking.
Requirements
- Experience as a senior- or principal-level engineer working on distributed systems, cloud platforms, or networking infrastructure.
- Deep understanding of MPLS, VXLAN, and EVPN networking technologies.
- Practical expertise with Linux networking and DPDK.
- Experience designing and operating platforms supporting virtualized network functions.
- Ability to design scalable and resilient systems and evaluate architectural trade-offs.
- Experience leading technical strategy and influencing engineering direction across teams.
- Excellent written and verbal communication skills and the ability to collaborate in a fast-paced, cross-functional environment.
Benefits
- Flexible working environments.
- Birthday leave.
- Generous study and training allowance plus 5 days of paid study leave.
- Creative, fun, and contemporary workspaces.
- Health and wellness program.
- Opportunities for career growth and potential global intra-company transfers.
About Megaport
Megaport provides network-as-a-service via a software-defined network that lets enterprises provision private, on-demand connections among data centers, branch sites, and public clouds like AWS and Google Cloud. Founded in 2013 and headquartered in Fortitude Valley, Queensland, it is a public company listed on the ASX (MP1) and operates connectivity to 850+ data centers across 25+ countries. Revenue comes from subscription and usage-based interconnection and cloud on-ramp services.