Staff Software Engineer, Traffic

United States or Canada - Remote OpportunityFull-TimeStaff
Salary212,000 - 286,000 USD per year
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Job Details

Experience
8+ years
Required Skills
AWSGCPJavaAzureGoDistributed Systems

Requirements

  • Proven experience leading complex engineering efforts focused on network traffic management, network optimization, and cloud orchestration.
  • Exceptional collaboration and communication skills, with a demonstrated ability to align stakeholders and lead cross-functional teams.
  • A track record of contributing to long-term technical roadmaps and making thoughtful system-level tradeoffs.
  • At least 8+ years of coding experience in languages like Go, Java, or similar, with strong expertise in writing concurrent and distributed code.
  • Extensive experience designing and building distributed systems, leveraging concurrency primitives, and optimizing network performance.
  • Deep expertise in traffic and networking systems, with familiarity across adjacent infrastructure domains.
  • Hands-on experience with cloud providers such as AWS, GCP, or Azure, and the ability to optimize cost, performance, and scalability.
  • A strong sense of ownership and the ability to balance short-term priorities with long-term strategic goals.

Responsibilities

  • Lead the design and development of systems that optimize network traffic and scale for global expansion.
  • Drive architectural decisions for high-impact projects, ensuring scalability and reliability.
  • Co-author long-term technical roadmaps that set the vision for network scalability, performance, and engineering velocity.
  • Set the standard for a culture of engineering and operational excellence.
  • Build and nurture effective partnerships across engineering, product, and security teams to align on network infrastructure goals.
  • Lead and conduct design reviews for critical projects with a focus on system-level tradeoffs and network scalability.
  • Drive the design and implementation of “secure by default” network systems in collaboration with security teams.
  • Act as a key stakeholder by engaging with customers and internal teams to understand business requirements and deliver innovative solutions.
  • Mentor and guide engineers, sharing best practices and design principles for building reliable and scalable networking systems.
  • Drive alignment across teams, ensuring roadmaps are cohesive and deliverables are on track.
  • Foster a collaborative and growth-oriented environment, helping others improve while continuing to expand your own expertise.
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