Director of Software Engineering- Core Global WAN

What you'll do

• Lead network architecture, engineering, migration, and production rollout for a unified global network platform.
• Develop routing, traffic-engineering, automation, validation, and telemetry capabilities to improve network resiliency and operations.
• Apply enterprise-authorized AI in network workflows and establish governance, validation, security, and auditability standards.

What they ask for

• Formal training or certification in software engineering, infrastructure engineering, network engineering, or a related technical discipline, and 10+ years of applied experience.
• Extensive experience designing, engineering, or operating large-scale global WANs, telecommunications backbones, cloud networks, or similarly complex networks.
• Deep knowledge of MPLS, segment routing, BGP, traffic engineering, routing policy, resiliency, and capacity management.
• Experience leading complex network transformation or migration programs, with hands-on automation and programming experience in Python, Go, or a comparable language.

Nice to have

• Hands-on experience with Arista and Cisco in large-scale production environments.
• Experience with global backbone networks, network consolidation or migration, advanced traffic steering, or applying AI/ML to network operations.

Pay

USD 175,750.00-$260,000.00 base salary; USD 204,250.00-$285,000.00 base salary; USD 166,250.00-$245,000.00 base salary; USD 204,250.00-$285,000.00 base salary

Tools

Multiprotocol Label Switching, segment routing, Border Gateway Protocol, Python, Go, application programming interfaces, infrastructure as code, Arista, Cisco

AI focus

Apply enterprise-authorized AI to anomaly detection, predictive analysis, engineering reviews, operational decision-making, and automation, with human validation and sensitive-data controls.