Software Engineer

Viasat, Inc.•Carlsbad, CA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

In this role, you will be an integral part of a collaborative software team designing, developing and supporting a carrier-grade control gateway that governs how terminals and devices authenticate, connect and operate in a global satellite network. You will debug and resolve issues in a live production environment, gaining deep visibility into how your code behaves at scale. You will also apply your existing skills and grow your expertise across modern cloud infrastructure, CI/CD pipelines and end-to-end system components making this a rewarding learning experience at every stage of your career.

Requirements

4+ years of software engineering experience in C, C++ with emphasis on design patterns
Experience with concurrent/multithreaded and Linux systems programming
Experience with Bash, Ansible and Python scripting in Linux
Experience in networking (TCP/IP, OSPF/BGP), protocol standards and troubleshooting
Knowledge in Jenkins, JIRA, Git and/or Perforce
Strong oral and written communication skills
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or relatable fields

Nice To Haves

Experience with telecom/networking/satellite/wireless communications
Experience with Kubernetes, Containers and CI/CD pipelines
Experience in AWS, GCP or other cloud environments
Strong hands-on working knowledge of L2/L3 protocols and L4-L7 applications
Experience with Claude code or Copilot

Responsibilities

Active contribution in software architecture/design/implementation efforts
Code, perform unit, integration and performance tests
Create deployment scripts, support/debug deployment pipelines
Participate in production support (on-call rotation)
Investigate and resolve technical issues
Present status/design/issues to the team or wider audience
Attribute to a team culture that values effective collaboration, technical perfection, and innovation