Description
We are looking for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Cloud Network & Routing team at Venmo. As a Staff Software Engineer, you will support this critical domain, leading major initiatives across networking, routing, CDN, and infra security. You will be part of what defines the future of the company's networking and routing strategy.
Responsibilities:
- Contribute to and help drive the strategic direction of our cloud network, and routing, leading initiatives across CDN, WAF, proxy, and ingress
- Act as a hands-on contributor, while leading by example
- Mentor senior and junior engineers
- Enjoy a high degree of independence in decision-making while being accountable for results of yourself and your team
- Be part of a team dedicated to driving the scalability, security, and reliability of Venmo's cloud network and edge infrastructure
- Provide guidance, thought leadership, and mentorship to teams across the Cloud Platform & Infrastructure org to build and strengthen their networking and edge competencies
Requirements:
- Bachelor's and/or master's in computer science or related field of study
- 7+ years' experience in software development or a related field
- 5+ years' experience operating distributed cloud network, routing, or edge infrastructure 24x7x365, as part of a Cloud Engineering, Network Engineering, DevOps, and/or SRE team
- 2+ years technical leadership experience
- Deep hands-on experience designing, implementing, and supporting cloud networking and edge infrastructure (AWS preferred) at global scale
- Deep expertise with CDN and edge delivery (AWS CloudFront or similar), WAF, and edge security
- Deep hands-on experience with Envoy, Contour, or similar service mesh / ingress controller technologies
- Deep hands-on experience with nginx or similar reverse proxy and load-balancing technologies
- Expert understanding of networking fundamentals: TCP/IP, DNS, TLS/SSL, BGP/routing protocols, and load balancing algorithms
- Hands-on programming and scripting (Python, Go, Bash)
- Hands-on experience with containers and container orchestration (Docker, Kubernetes)
- Strong communication skills with the ability to understand and explain technical issues to a non-technical audience