Staff Software Engineer

Who you are

• 9+ years of experience in software, infrastructure, or network engineering roles, with a focus on building and operating systems at scale
• Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, Go, or similar) with experience building production systems or services
• Deep understanding of networking fundamentals (e.g., TCP/IP, routing, DNS, load balancing, NAT, VPNs)
• Experience with cloud and Kubernetes networking, including concepts such as VPCs, routing, network policy, and service connectivity
• Experience building or operating distributed systems or networking infrastructure (e.g., control planes, traffic management, gateways or proxies, automation systems)
• Strong debugging skills and ability to troubleshoot across application, system, and network boundaries
• Ability to drive technical direction and make architectural decisions across teams
• Based in and around one of our offices in SF or NYC and excited to work in-office

What the job involves

• We are looking to add a Staff Software Engineer, Networking to expand our high-impact Platform team. You’ll design and build software-defined networking capabilities that enable secure, reliable, and scalable communication across Peregrine
• You’ll work across cloud and Kubernetes networking, service-to-service communication, traffic management, routing, and observability—building the control planes, services, and automation that make complex networking capabilities reliable and easy to operate at scale
• Design and build systems that provision, manage, and scale network connectivity across customer, cloud, and Kubernetes environments
• Build platform capabilities for service communication, routing, traffic management, segmentation, and observability
• Extend and improve APIs and services that make networking capabilities reliable and self-service
• Design systems for safe configuration, policy enforcement, traffic rollout, and failure recovery
• Own and improve the reliability, scalability, and observability of networking and traffic management systems
• Lead debugging of complex connectivity and traffic issues across application, Kubernetes, cloud, and network boundaries
• Drive architectural direction and networking standards while collaborating across Infrastructure, Security, and product engineering teams

Benefits

• Health insurance: Enjoy top-notch health, dental, and vision insurance. Your health matters
• Unlimited PTO: Assume responsibility for how much time you take off. Trust is everything
• Competitive 401k: Leverage a Peregrine-sponsored 401k plan. And think of your future
• Wellness stipend: Use Peregrine’s wellness stipend to focus your body and mind
• HSA: Set aside money to pay for qualified medical expenses with a HSA
• Parental leave: Because we want to support the Peregrine parents out there
• Professional development: Access a range of professional development courses and resources
• Recreational perks: Enjoy a whole host of travel and leisure discounts, and explore new things