Software Engineer - Control/Routing

Alkira•San Jose, CA

1d•Hybrid

About The Position

Alkira, a Lumen company, is a fast-growing cloud networking company that is transforming the way enterprise networks are deployed and managed. We are looking for a Software Engineer with Control/Routing skills. The SE will develop software for Alkira’s CSX (Cloud Services Exchange). The work will involve design, development & debugging of the software responsible for the networking functions that drive Alkira’s CSX.

Requirements

B.S. or equivalent in EE or CS, plus a minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience in networking or routing software development.
Strong programming skills in Go (primary) and C.
Deep, hands-on understanding of networking fundamentals and IP routing.
Systematic debugging and root-cause analysis skills for live routing issues.
Ability to work in geographically distributed teams across US and India.

Nice To Haves

BGP knowledge preferred.
Experience with FRR, Zebos, or equivalent open-source routing stacks preferred.
Strong Linux networking fundamentals: interfaces, namespaces, the kernel routing/forwarding path, and routing-related tooling preferred.
Experience designing and implementing multithreaded systems preferred.
Fluency with using AI for tool development preferred.
Familiarity with cloud networking across major providers (AWS, Azure, GCP) — VPC/VNet constructs, peering, transit gateways, and how cloud networking interacts with routing preferred.
Deeper expertise in L2/L3VPN.
Experience with VPN/remote-access technologies (OpenVPN or comparable tunneling).
Experience with ZTNA / zero-trust remote access solutions.
Familiarity with the data path (encryption, NAT, overlay tunnels) and how it interacts with routing.

Responsibilities

Perform requirements from PLM/Sales teams and work with team members to design and implement the feature.
Take ownership of their work and follow-through on defects reported.
Join the on-call rotation and help debug and resolve production provisioning issues, with coverage coordinated across the US and India.