Senior Staff Software Engineer Network Automation
You will own the automation platform that enables the global network fleet to monitor, configure, and heal itself. You will build source-of-truth systems, intent-based configuration pipelines, model-driven telemetry, self-healing workflows, and observability platforms while partnering with Network Architecture and mentoring senior engineers.
Responsibilities
- Define the network automation platform roadmap
- Own the authoritative network source of truth and data model
- Lead declarative network configuration pipelines
- Define gNMI, OpenConfig, and NETCONF/YANG strategies
- Build event-driven self-healing workflows
- Set the direction for telemetry, metrics, alerting, and dashboards
- Partner with Network Architecture on automation-first designs
- Mentor Staff and Senior engineers
- Drive code reviews, design reviews, and architecture decisions
Requirements
- 12+ years of network engineering experience
- Production software, platform engineering, and infrastructure as code experience
- Experience designing and shipping network automation platforms
- Mastery of Python or Go
- Experience with gNMI, OpenConfig, NETCONF, and YANG
- Experience owning a network source of truth platform such as NetBox or Nautobot
- Expertise with Arista EOS, Juniper Junos, and NVIDIA/Mellanox platforms
- Knowledge of BGP, EVPN-VXLAN, and LLDP
- Experience building auto-remediation and closed-loop automation
- Experience with Prometheus, Grafana, and streaming telemetry
- Experience operating 10K+ network devices and multi-region fleets
- Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, or related field, or equivalent experience
Benefits
- Competitive compensation and equity packages
- Restricted Stock Units
- Paid time off
- Paid holidays and leave of absence programs
- Comprehensive health, dental and vision insurance
- Employer contributions to HSA account
- Paid parental leave
- Paid life insurance
- Short-term and long-term disability
- Professional development and tuition reimbursement
- Mental health and wellness support
- Commuter benefits
- Cell phone stipend
- 401(k) retirement plan with company match up to 4% of salary
- Volunteer time off
- Global travel insurance and emergency assistance
- Daily meals allowance