Software Engineer II (TeraWave)

Location: Greater Seattle Area or Cupertino, California, United States

Base pay: $170,013–$238,018 per year for California and Washington applicants; other site ranges may differ.

Company

hirify.global develops reusable space vehicles and systems and is building TeraWave, a satellite communications network designed to provide high-speed connectivity for enterprise, data center, and government users.

What you will do

• Develop high-performance packet-processing applications in C/C++ using DPDK and FD.io VPP for the TeraWave Point of Presence.
• Profile and optimize packet-forwarding software for line-rate 100G/400G performance with minimal latency and jitter.
• Implement and integrate IP routing protocols including BGP, OSPF, and IS-IS, plus SRv6, MPLS, and GRE tunneling.
• Develop drivers and software interfaces for hardware accelerators, SmartNICs, and FPGA offload engines.
• Continuously benchmark and optimize dataplane performance.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Expert-level proficiency in Rust, C, or C++.
• Experience with Linux systems programming, including threading, memory management, and interrupt handling.
• Solid understanding of the OSI model, TCP/IP, and Ethernet switching fundamentals.
• Applicants must be U.S. citizens or nationals, U.S. permanent residents, or lawfully admitted refugees or asylees.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with DPDK or VPP.
• Knowledge of eBPF, XDP, or Linux kernel networking internals.
• Understanding of BGP, EVPN, and Segment Routing (SRv6).
• Experience with CPU pinning, NUMA awareness, and cache-line optimization.
• Experience with containerized networking, including Kubernetes CNI and DPDK-in-Docker deployments.
• Background in space systems, satellite communications, or telecommunications networking.

Culture & Benefits

• Safety, collaboration, inclusion, trust, equality, and teamwork are emphasized.
• Medical, dental, vision, life insurance, disability coverage, paid parental leave, and an education support program.
• 401(k) with company matching of up to 5% and 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.
• Standard background checks are required; additional checks may apply to certain job profiles.