Staff Software Engineer, Application Services

The SD-WAN engineering team at Juniper Networks works on a highly scalable, distributed SDWAN application that is AI-Driven. You will have the chance to create and implement inventive solutions for the architectural complexities involved in intelligent path routing. You will actively work on project teams with other highly skilled engineers involved in the software development for WAN Assurance – A hyper-scalable cloud AIOps platform. Day to day activities will involve crafting new features, understanding features in a results-oriented product, and proposing solutions that work for our platforms, writing functional and design specifications, programming, unit and integration testing your code, helping review specifications and code for other software engineers on the team, and helping documentation team with the configuration aspects of your features.

About the Role

• A Linux-based networking platform using DPDK for the dataplane which ingests and forwards traffic from some of the largest companies in the world.
• Network software running on a hardware appliance that provides zero touch connectivity to the Mist-managed network and SD-WAN functions
• Control plane systems which allow customers to simply express complex network configurations

Responsibilities

• Drive development from technology selection to product delivery, collaborating with product managers and product designers all along the way to give our users the best possible experience
• Identify and improve the efficiency, scalability, operability of the product
• Participate in design and code reviews
• guiding on technical design
• Remain deeply connected with our customers - work with field engineers to understand, triage, and help with issues always with a mind toward product improvement

Qualifications

• B.S or M.S. in Computer Science, Electrical Engineering, Computer Engineering, or a related technical field 
• 10+ years experience developing large-scale software systems
• 3+ years of experience building and leading technical teams
• Solid C/C++ developer and debugging skills
• Ability to deliver clean, modular code quickly and efficiently
• Experience building and shipping large-scale, reliable, highly distributed systems
• Expertise in L2, L3, and/or L4 networking protocols
• Excellent debugging and optimization skills
• Attention to detail and ability to solve complex customer problems
• Own solutions end-to-end and driving the design, development, and deployment process
• Computer Science fundamentals in object-oriented design, problem solving, and complexity analysis
• Through understanding of IP networking and socket-based programming
• High degree of competency working with multi-threaded development
• Experience developing on Linux operating systems
• Strong communication skills, both in written and verbal, to effectively understand and convey issues and solutions to peers and end users.
• Experience with Test Automation
• Experience with Agile development process
• Experience with Test-Driven Development and Continuous Integration

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Minimum Salary: $171,072.00

Maximum Salary:$245,916.00

The pay range for this position is expected to be between $171,072.00 and $245,916.00/year; however, the base pay offered may vary depending on multiple individualized factors, including market location, job-related knowledge, skills, and experience. The total compensation package for this position also includes medical benefits, 401(k) eligibility, vacation, sick time, and parental leave. Additional details of participation in these benefit plans will be provided if an employee receives an offer of employment.

If hired, employee will be in an “at-will position” and the Company reserves the right to modify base salary (as well as any other payment or compensation program) at any time, including for reasons related to individual performance, Company or individual department/team performance, and market factors.

Juniper’s pay range data is provided in accordance with local state pay transparency regulations. Juniper may post different minimum wage ranges for permanent residency petitions pursuant to US Department of Labor requirements.