# Software Engineer 3 (Routing Protocols)

**Company**: Hewlett Packard Enterprise
**Location**: Westford, Massachusetts
**Work arrangement**: hybrid
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: Annual Salary USD 120,500 - 228,500
**Category**: Engineering
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

Join HPE Networking and help shape the future of enterprise networking. We're looking for a highly experienced Software Engineer to join our Routing Switching Protocols Intelligence (RSPI) team. In this role, you'll design and develop next-generation routing software, with a strong focus on BGP and data center networking technologies, while building highly scalable solutions for HPE's global customer base.

**Responsibilities**

- Design, develop, and enhance routing protocol software with a focus on BGP.

- Write high-quality, maintainable code in C/C++, including design, implementation, unit testing, and code reviews.

- Troubleshoot complex networking issues and reproduce customer environments to resolve challenging problems.

- Partner with Quality Engineering to improve automation, test coverage, and product quality.

- Develop proof-of-concept (PoC) solutions that address real-world customer requirements.

- Collaborate with global engineering teams to influence architecture and technical direction.

- Research and evaluate emerging technologies to improve networking performance, scalability, and reliability.

**Basic Qualifications**

- 5+ years of experience developing networking or systems software.

- Expert-level programming skills in C/C++, including strong knowledge of data structures and multithreaded programming.

- Deep understanding of Layer 2 and Layer 3 networking and routing protocols.

- Hands-on experience with technologies such as BGP, OSPF, IS-IS, EVPN-VXLAN, MPLS, TCP/IP.

- Experience with data center networking, including IP Fabric, VXLAN, or CLOS architectures.

- Experience with scripting or automation using Python, Go, Rust, or similar languages.

- Strong analytical, debugging, and problem-solving skills.

- Excellent communication and collaboration skills with the ability to work effectively across global engineering teams.

**What We Can Offer You:** We strive to provide our team members and their loved ones with a comprehensive suite of benefits that supports their physical, financial and emotional wellbeing. We also invest in your career because the better you are, the better we all are.

## Skills

### Required
- C/C++
- BGP
- OSPF
- IS-IS
- EVPN-VXLAN
- MPLS
- TCP/IP
- Python
- Go
- Rust

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