Principal Software Engineer - Data Plane Software

This is a remote-based position in San Jose or Petaluma, California.

Calix is seeking an experienced system software engineer for a Principal Engineer role in networking data plane software product development in the Intelligent Access Infrastructure software group.

Responsibilities and Duties:

• Architect, design, and implement infrastructure and platform software for high-end carrier access switching products for Internet infrastructure.
• Implement and integrate software for a robust platform and infrastructure using the latest Linux and Yocto open-source environment in distributed embedded systems.
• Work with cross-functional teams ranging from PON and Ethernet switching and routing software, subscriber management for Triple Play services, performance monitoring to network management to build, integrate, unit test, and support software modules within a large-scale system.
• Draft high level and detailed design documentation for new features and capabilities.
• Propose and implement tools to accelerate software system development and debug environments.
• Propose and implement built-in diagnostics and test scripts to help reliability and supportability.
• Work with product management and solutions engineering to write software functional specifications and integration documents.
• Participate and support in fixing issues arising from customer sites.
• Analyze system scalability, interworking issues and perform root cause analysis of system issues.
• Mentoring junior engineers within the team.
• Keeping abreast of the latest technologies within our product area.

Qualifications:

• Calix requires all employees based in North America who will work onsite at a Calix office, attend in-person meetings, and/or travel on behalf of Calix to be fully vaccinated. Calix will consider requests for reasonable accommodations as required under applicable law.
• 12 to 15 years of working experience in embedded products software development with BS/MS in CS, CE, or EE.
• Experience with Broadcom's DNX and XGS series switch is essential.
• Experience with open source products Python, C/C++, Git/Yocto is necessary.
• Proficiency with Linux, x86 virtualization, and Inter-process communication is necessary.
• Experience in programming in a multi-thread/multi-process environment is necessary.
• Knowledge of IP protocols, VLANs, and Ethernet switching is necessary.
• Experience in areas such are high availability, state replication, embedded database for check-pointing, Linux shared memory primitives, Route Forwarding Infrastructure and Logging Mechanisms is desired.
• Hands-on software development experience in large complex software systems is essential.
• Excellent analytical, integration, and debugging skills are necessary
• Very Good oral and written communication and multitasking skills are expected.

Location:

• This is a remote-based position in San Jose or Petaluma, California.

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