Senior Network Security/AI Software Engineering

Location: On-site in Leixlip, Ireland

Annual salary: €76,000–€142,100

Company

hirify.global develops processors, accelerators, and technology platforms for on-premises, edge, and cloud deployments.

What you will do

• Own the architecture and technical roadmap for network security reference solutions.
• Design and optimize packet-processing and security pipelines for throughput, latency, scale, and total cost of ownership on hirify.global Xeon platforms.
• Integrate QAT, AVX-512/AMX, NIC offloads, and vectorized optimizations into open-source security stacks including Snort3, VPP, and Hyperscan.
• Enable AI/ML security workloads for malicious URL, phishing, fraud, anomaly, and encrypted traffic detection using OpenVINO and vLLM.
• Lead performance characterization, benchmarking, proof-of-concept development, and Infrastructure as Code automation with Terraform, Packer, and Ansible.
• Provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, lead reviews, and represent solutions with customers, partners, and open-source communities.

Requirements

• Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or a related technical discipline.
• 10+ years of experience in networking or systems software development.
• Strong programming skills in C and/or C++/Rust on Linux, with Python, PowerShell, or Bash for tooling.
• Hands-on experience with high-performance networking technologies such as DPDK, VPP, or kernel networking/XDP.
• Exposure to AI/ML concepts including model training and inference, neural network architectures such as CNNs and transformers, and LLMs applied to network security.
• Excellent communication and collaboration skills, with the ability to lead technical work across teams.

Nice to have

• Master’s or PhD in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or a related field.
• Network security experience with firewalls, IPS/IDS, IPsec/TLS, VPN, deep packet inspection, or pattern matching.
• AI/ML training and inference optimization, including model compression, using PyTorch, TensorFlow, OpenVINO, or vLLM.
• Upstream contributions to DPDK, VPP, Linux, or related networking and security open-source projects.
• Microarchitecture-level profiling and performance tuning experience.
• Experience with containers, Kubernetes, cloud or edge deployment automation, CI/CD, and Infrastructure as Code.
• Experience with QAT, NIC offloads, Snort3, Hyperscan, or comparable IPS and pattern-matching engines.
• Experience presenting technical solutions to customers, partners, or industry forums.

Culture & Benefits

• Full-time experienced-hire position with Shift 1 working hours in Ireland.
• On-site work model required.
• Total compensation package includes annual base salary within the stated €76,000–€142,100 range and may include additional pay components and benefits.
• Applications are considered without regard to legally protected characteristics.