Software Engineer, Network Infrastructure

$184K–$257K

Bellevue, WA +2 · Full-time · Posted Oct 21, 2026

Location: Bellevue, WA
Menlo Park, CA
New York, NY
Experience: 10+ years in networking or infrastructure software development, or a PhD with 4+ years in a relevant technical area; 4+ years designing and shipping production networking dataplane/control-plane systems.
Education: Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.

About the job

Leads the design, development, and production operation of Meta’s cloud-native host networking platform and networking features at hyperscale.

Set technical direction and deliver the host networking platform, from design through production rollout.
Build Kubernetes networking features and core networking capabilities, including virtualization, load balancing, and distributed firewalling.
Coordinate delivery across engineering and hardware partners, and evaluate or improve open-source components.

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, a relevant technical field, or equivalent practical experience.
10+ years of software development experience in networking or infrastructure systems, or a PhD with 4+ years of relevant experience.
4+ years designing and shipping production networking dataplane/control-plane systems, plus hands-on production Kubernetes networking experience.
Proficiency in C/C++ and at least one scripting language (Python/Shell scripting).

Experience with DPU SoC/SmartNIC platforms and Kubernetes operators, controllers, or device plugins for hardware-accelerated resources.
Expertise in high-performance networking techniques such as DPDK, eBPF/XDP, AF_XDP, io_uring, kernel bypass, zero-copy I/O, and RDMA/RoCEv2.

$183,997/year to $257,000/year USD base salary

Kubernetes, C/C++, Python, Shell scripting, DPDK, eBPF/XDP, AF_XDP, RDMA/RoCEv2

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