Software Engineer - Traffic Management (Networking)

TL;DR

Software Engineer - Traffic Management (Networking): Building and extending various traffic management and supporting systems for hirify.global’s global network with an accent on dynamic traffic routing, network performance, and distributed systems. Focus on designing, documenting, and deploying production software that solves problems of massive scale and significance.

Location: Austin, TX (Hybrid)

Company

hirify.global is building a better Internet by running one of the world’s largest networks that powers millions of websites and other Internet properties, protecting and accelerating any Internet application online.

What you will do

• Build and extend various traffic management and supporting systems.
• Collaborate with Network Engineering, Product Engineering, and Network Strategy teams on ambitious initiatives.
• Participate in all stages of the software development lifecycle: design, documentation, coding, testing, planning, managing, and monitoring production software deployments.
• Work with a wide range of technologies and programming languages including Go, Python, Rust, eBPF, ClickHouse, Salt, PostgreSQL, Prometheus, and Kubernetes.
• Be responsible for the health of your systems and actively participate in the team's on-call rotation.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years of engineering experience with networking and/or distributed systems.
• Systems-level programming experience in Go, Python, Rust, C, or C++.
• A solid grasp of networking protocols in Layers 3 and 4 of the OSI Model.
• Knowledge/interest in HTTP, TLS, and CDN networks.
• Experience/interest in network performance monitoring and tuning.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.

Nice to have

• Experience building or developing capabilities in traffic engineering, including automated load balancing and traffic prioritization.
• Knowledge of statistical-analysis techniques and control theory.
• Knowledge of TCP/IP and Internet routing.
• Experience building tools and APIs.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and debugging large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience participating in an on-call rotation.

Culture & Benefits

• Committed to building a diverse and inclusive team, evaluating potential and supporting development.
• Operates under a "Run What You Build" model, emphasizing ownership and responsibility.
• Opportunity to solve problems of massive scale and significance, shaping the future of Internet reliability and performance.
• Company mission includes protecting the free and open Internet through initiatives like Project Galileo, Athenian Project, and 1.1.1.1.
• Provides reasonable accommodations to qualified individuals with disabilities.