Alkira

Software Engineer - Datapath

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2 months ago
Remote, United States or San Jose, CA, USAEntry Level

Base Salary

$125k - $150k/yr

Responsibilities

  • Write Ansible playbooks to provision infrastructure and network services across AWS, Azure, and GCP.
  • Develop Go task engines that apply and rebuild network configuration on Cloud Exchange Point nodes at scale.
  • Integrate new virtual network functions and extend configuration and task models.
  • Build Python tooling and CLIs for inspecting, configuring, and debugging the networking stack.
  • Investigate production provisioning issues to their root cause and collaborate with Routing, Data Path, and Backend teams.
  • Participate in the mandatory orchestration on-call rotation and help resolve production issues.

Requirements

  • Strong software fundamentals including data structures, problem-solving, clean code, and debugging.
  • Hands-on coding experience in at least one of C, Python, or Go, with willingness to learn the others.
  • Comfort working in Linux environments with shell commands, processes, logs, and networking tools.
  • Hands-on familiarity with TCP/IP and core networking concepts.
  • Working knowledge of at least one of AWS, Azure, or GCP, including VPCs/VNets, subnets, and security groups.
  • A debugging mindset and curiosity about networks and cloud systems.
  • Preferred qualifications include Ansible or configuration-automation experience, CLI or task-runner development, automation at scale, and familiarity with firewalls and load balancers.

Benefits

  • Hybrid work arrangement requiring onsite attendance at the San Jose, California headquarters on Tuesdays and Thursdays.
  • Broad exposure to cloud infrastructure, Linux, networking, and data path systems while working with networking and systems experts.
  • Mandatory on-call rotation coordinated across the United States and India.
  • The interview process includes a coding challenge, hiring-manager screening, and technical interviews.
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