OPPLANE Inc. is seeking a highly skilled and experienced Development Engineer specializing in Networking with a focus on Transport connectivity and Networking Products. As a key member of our team, you will contribute to the design, development, and deployment of enterprise-grade appliances, bringing your extensive expertise to bear on challenging and impactful projects.
Key Responsibilities:
- Demonstrate excellent communication skills and a provenability to managecompeting high- priority tasks.
- Take the lead in technical aspects,mentor team members, and contribute to building technical proficiency within the team.
- Collaborate effectively with cross-functional teams,fostering a cultureof collaboration and knowledge-sharing.
- Exhibit independence, accountability, a strongsense of ownership, assertiveness, effective communication, a sense of urgency, and adaptability.
Qualifications:
- Bachelor's or Master's degree in ComputerScience, Electrical Engineering, or a relatedfield.
- 8+ yearsof relevant experience in building enterprise-grade appliances at scaleor similar domains.
- 3+ years of experience in designing and delivering featuresindependently without guidance.
- Proficiency in embedded softwaredevelopment using C, C++, and/orPython.
- Strong understanding and experience with routing protocols such as OSPF,BGP, RIP, EIGRP etc etc.
- Must have Knowledge of the FRR open routingstack (formerly Quagga,Zebra)
- Knowledge of Integrating and optimizing FRR (Free Range Routing), BGP, OSPF, and other routing protocols with fast path data plane is huge plus.
- Strong familiarity and development expertisein other opensource Routing stacks like BIRD is a plus.
- In-depth knowledge of data-plane forwarding technologies including L2, L3, VXLAN, segment routing, and MPLS.
- Good understanding of Transport Networkdeployment using VRF's and MPLS.
- Certifications like CCNA, CCNP and CCIE is a plus.
- Good Knowledgeon Tunneling protocolslike GRE, VPN tunnels and MPLS based VPNv4 and VPNv6 tunnels.
- Familiarity with TCP/IP,UDP, ARP, DHCP, DNS, NAT, Firewall.
- Hands-on experience with Software DefinedNetworking and distributed systems.
- Familiarity with overlays and tunneling technologies.
- Excellent softwareengineering skills, with the abilityto write clean, testable, and maintainable code.
- Proven track record of success in a collaborative team environment, particularly in startup settings.
- Exceptional interpersonal skills, both verbaland written, with the abilityto effectively communicate complex technical concepts.
- Ability to effectively communicate product architectures, designproposals and negotiate options at senior management levels
- Prior workingexperience on one or more Cloud ServiceProviders (AWS, Azure, GCP, OCI, Alibaba cloud, etc.) is a plus.
Nice to have:
Cloud Architectures, Cross Domain Knowledge, Design Thinking, Development Fundamentals, DevOps, Distributed Computing, Microservices Fluency,Full Stack Development, Security-First Mindset, Solutions Design.
Notes: Initially, the candidate can work from home, but we may have an office in Hyderabad or Bangalore later this year. Then will have to be in the office.
