Core Protocol & Systems Engineering - Senior Architect

Description

• Define architecture for high‑performance networking systems involving protocol stacks, data‑plane components, and distributed system interactions.
• Lead design decisions across TCP/IP enhancements, kernel networking stack behavior, and user‑space vs. kernel‑space trade‑offs.
• Architect scalable threading models, memory architectures, interrupt‑driven systems, and performance‑sensitive pathways.
• Oversee system‑level performance engineering, including profiling, workload modeling, and scalability analysis.
• Partner with leadership, product teams, and cross‑functional engineering groups to influence long‑term roadmap and platform strategy.
• Mentor technical leads and senior engineers; evangelize architectural best practices.
• Produce high‑quality design documents, technical strategy papers, and deep‑dive analysis reports.

• BE/ME in Computer Science/Computer Engineering, MCS.

• 10+ years in systems, networking, or kernel‑level engineering with hands‑on architecture ownership of large‑scale platforms.

• Visionary thinking with strong grounding in fundamentals.
• Capable of driving major cross‑team architectural decisions.
• Excellent communicator able to influence executive and engineering audiences.
• Detail‑oriented, methodical, and highly analytical.

• Master‑level expertise in C/C++, kernel namespaces, and systems programming.
• Deep understanding of TCP/IP architecture, routing/switching protocols, and complex packet processing engines.
• Strong command of multithreaded architectures, CPU scheduling, memory models, interrupt design.
• Proven experience architecting large‑scale distributed or high‑performance networking systems.
• Strong background in virtualization, cloud networking, and containerized system architectures.

• Satellite/teleports or other constrained/managed WAN environments.
• Experience with high-latency/variable-bandwidth links and Performance Enhancing Proxies (PEPs) (e.g. TCP acceleration/spoofing, header/data compression).