Senior Software Engineer- L2/L3 Datapath Forwarding

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Work with customer facing teams to understand requirements and translate the requirements into software design

Develop complex packet forward features in Layer 2 & Layer 3, IPv4/IPv6, MPLS, SRv6, EVPN-VxLAN, Multicast, Firewall/Filter, DHCP etc

Analyze, debug and fix complex microkernel/Linux issues.

Continuously drive innovations by working with cross functional teams to address complex problems.

Assist in solving complex customer issues and queries reported from the field and drive customer satisfaction.

Work on sustaining existing features.

What you need to bring:

Minimum Qualifications: A minimum of B.E or BTech from a reputed institution in CS/EE with 7 to 9 years of experience is required.

Excellent C/C++/Python programming, design, problem solving and debugging skills

Must have strong Networking background.

Prior experience with Software development on routers, switches is desirable.

Prior experience with datapath ASICs like Broadcom, Mellanox, Innovium, Barefoot or any other NPU is highly desirable.

Must be playing a strong technical role in the current position

Exposure to multi-core Software architectures

A clear understanding of the product development cycle, technical requirements with a strong understanding of concepts related to computer architecture, data structures and programming practices.

Candidate must have a strong record delivering software projects on-time and with high quality

Candidate must possess good oral and written communication skills, be highly self-motivated, and have the ability to work in a team environment

C Programming fundamentals, String Operations, Memory Operations, Pointer Operations, Macro & Typedef, Bit manipulations

Data structures - Array, link list, Binary tree, Hash table

OS Concepts - IPC, synchronization, memory segmentation

C Problem solving practice with lot of different problems using tool

Networking concepts - IPV4/ IPV6, TCP, OSPF, BGP, MPLS, DHCP, STP, Multicast ==> (any one deep dive)

Debugging tools expertise like - GDB with GDB Macro's or GDB scripts

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