Software Engineer (Networking)

TL;DR

Software Engineer (Networking): Building and optimizing cutting-edge network software infrastructure for egress connectivity, enabling hirify.global products to connect to any destination with an accent on network protocols, distributed systems, and security. Focus on designing, documenting, and deploying production software for massive-scale problems, ensuring system health and uptime through on-call rotations.

Location: Hybrid in London, UK or Lisbon, Portugal

Company

hirify.global helps build a better Internet by running one of the world’s largest networks, protecting and accelerating millions of websites and Internet properties globally.

What you will do

• Design systems, write specs, code, and release plans for complex changes.
• Roll out production releases and coordinate system actions with other teams.
• Participate in daily and ad-hoc team meetings for collaboration.
• Join the team’s on-call schedule to ensure production system uptime.
• Investigate and resolve customer issues escalated to the Egress team.
• Respond to questions from other teams in internal chat rooms.

Requirements

• Systems-level programming experience in Go, Rust, C, or C++.
• Solid grasp of networking protocols in Layers 3 and 4 of the OSI Model.
• Knowledge of HTTP, TLS, and CDN networks.
• Experience implementing secure and highly-available distributed systems.
• Strong ability to debug issues in complex systems.
• Strong collaboration and communication skills.
• Experience/interest in HTTP networking and VPN technologies or network performance monitoring and tuning.

Nice to have

• Knowledge of TCP/IP and Internet routing.
• Professional systems-level programming experience in Rust.
• Experience building tools and APIs.
• Experience with monitoring, alerting, and debugging large-scale distributed systems.
• Experience participating in an on-call rotation.

Culture & Benefits

• Mission-driven company working to build a better and more open Internet.
• Commitment to diversity and inclusiveness, hiring based on potential.
• Operates a Run What You Build model, with engineers responsible for system health.
• Supports initiatives like Project Galileo (protecting journalism), Athenian Project (gov protection), and 1.1.1.1 (privacy-centric DNS).
• Provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities.