Key job responsibilities

In this role you’ll have the opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a game-changing initiative. While you’ll be able to use existing systems, when possible, you’ll be working on challenging problems that need creative solutions. You should be comfortable building prototypes, challenging assumptions, and thinking of creative ways to tackle challenges. The role of embedded software developer is primarily to design and implement software, including low-level driver software and user space applications. The team will work closely with other development teams that work on cloud applications and network orchestration and will require to engage in design and code reviews from time to time. Some of the projects are heavy on open-source engagement, which presents a good learning opportunity through participation.

As a Software Development Engineer, you will help solve a variety of technical challenges and mentor other engineers. Given that this is an early-stage initiative, you will play an active role in translating business and functional requirements into concrete deliverables and build quick prototypes or proofs of concept in partnership with other technology leaders within the team. You will help invent new features, design, develop and deploy highly scalable and reliable distributed services. You will work with a variety of core languages and technologies including C, C++, Python, Linux Kernel, and Networking L2/L3 protocols. Networking platform and silicon expertise is a plus.

You will tackle challenging, novel situations every day and given the size of this initiative, you’ll have the opportunity to work with multiple technical teams in different locations. You should be comfortable with a degree of ambiguity that’s higher than most projects and relish the idea of solving problems that, frankly, haven’t been solved at scale before - anywhere. Along the way, we guarantee that you’ll learn a ton, have fun, and make a positive impact on millions of people.
 

BASIC QUALIFICATIONS

• BS in Computer Science or related technical field (In lieu of degree, 4 years of relevant work experience).
• 2+ years of rich, hands-on programming experience in Java, C++, or other object-oriented languages.
• 2+ years of experience with OO design and common design patterns.

PREFERRED QUALIFICATIONS

• 6+ years of experience in C/C++ or equivalent
• Experience writing software on embedded device and/or performance optimizations
• Experience designing networking platforms and working with networking silicon is preferred.
• Experience with software build-system is a plus.
• Knowledge of professional software engineering practices & best practices for full software development life cycle, including coding standards, code reviews, source control management, continuous deployments, testing and operations
• Knowledge of major network protocols, topology design, hardware, and device configuration.
• Ability to take a project from scoping requirements through actual launch of the project.
• Demonstrated ability to mentor junior software engineers in all aspects of their engineering skill sets.