Engineering Manager- Networking Software

Run and guide the team working in the mentioned areas, to deliver new features, enhancements and bug fixes in a fast-paced environment that is driven by technology.

Collaborate and work closely with product and architecture teams to help with product roadmap, innovation, technology selection, feature prioritization and so on.

Collaborate with Test and Support teams to ensure that software releases meet the highest standards, and the best solutions are provided to customers.

Provide technical guidance and mentorship to the team, participate in technical design and reviews; participate directly in some of the feature development, prototyping and validation, as necessary. This is a highly hands-on role.

Apply software development processes, adapting to an agile environment of your team. Recommend and implement continuous process improvements.

Perform performance management, coaching and career planning for the team.

What we need to see:

BS or MS degree in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related field (or equivalent experience).

A minimum of 12 years of experience in data networking or a related area, including actual work in routing protocols, data forwarding or related technologies. This should include 7+ years of actual software development and at least 1+ years of experience managing a team.

Strong technical abilities including proven experience in C programming and common programming tools and methodologies.

Comfortable multitasking in a dynamic environment with shifting priorities and changing requirements.

Excellent communication, leadership, people management and technical presentation skills

Flexibility to work across time zones.

Ways to stand out from the crowd:

Prior experience working on and/or managing a team working on routing protocols, OpenFlow & SDN, network offload.

Experience that spans the entire system including data forwarding, Linux kernel networking and system software.

Significant experience in the data center environment and with cloud native concepts

Participation in the open-source community or working with open-source projects.