Hybrid Staff Software Engineer

at NETGEAR

• Job title: Staff Software Engineer
• Job type: Full Time
• Experience level: Lead
• Salary: Not specified
• Degree requirement: Bachelor's Degree
• Tech skills: Cassandra, DNS, Docker, GRPC, Jenkins, Kubernetes, Linux, MongoDB, MySQL, NoSQL, Postgres, Python, TCP/IP
• Location requirements: Hybrid, Taipei, Taiwan

About the role

• Staff Software Engineer at NETGEAR designing and implementing high-performance backend systems. Leading the development of scalable, distributed systems in a hybrid work environment.

Responsibilities

• Design and implement high-performance backend components, services, and libraries in C/C++/Python.
• Develop modular and reusable software libraries with clear APIs and documentation.
• Optimize memory usage, CPU cycles, and application performance through advanced debugging and profiling techniques.
• Develop multi-threaded and asynchronous applications using POSIX threads, Boost, or similar libraries.
• Architect and build scalable, distributed backend systems to meet complex business requirements.
• Work on low-latency systems, implementing efficient networking protocols such as TCP, UDP, and custom protocols.
• Contribute to the design of RESTful or binary APIs, ensuring secure and seamless communication between components.
• Write and optimize system-level code for Linux environments, focusing on performance and reliability.
• Develop hardware-interfacing applications, including booloader, drivers and kernel.
• Handle memory management, inter-process communication (IPC), and shared resources in constrained environments.
• Perform low-level profiling and tuning of applications using tools like perf, VTune, gprof, or Cachegrind.
• Write robust unit tests using frameworks like Google Test (gtest) or Catch2.
• Implement secure coding practices to prevent vulnerabilities such as buffer overflows, race conditions, and memory leaks.

Requirements

• Education: Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field.
• Experience: 10+ years of professional experience in Linux Embedded System development.
• Languages: Expert in C/C++/Python.
• Build Tools: Familiarity with OpenWrt, Yocto, Makefile, CMake, Autotools.
• Strong knowledge of operating systems concepts, including threading, memory management, and file I/O.
• Expertise in Linux system programming (e.g., epoll, inotify).
• Advanced knowledge of file systems, process scheduling, and memory management.
• Understanding of real-time constraints and system interrupts.
• Experience in socket programming and protocols like TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP/2, gRPC, MQTT, or WebSocket.
• Familiarity with DNS, load balancers, and network security protocols (SSL/TLS).
• Familiarity with network monitoring tools like Wireshark and Tcpdump.
• Proficiency in relational databases (e.g., MySQL, PostgreSQL) and experience with NoSQL databases like MongoDB or Cassandra.
• Strong skills in designing efficient database schemas and writing optimized queries.
• Expertise in debugging tools like gdb, Valgrind, and Perf.
• Ability to optimize data structures and algorithms for high-performance applications.
• Proficiency in build systems like CMake, Makefile, Autotools, OpenWrt or Yocto.
• Experience with Git, including advanced workflows like rebasing and submodules.
• Implement CI/CD pipelines using Jenkins, GitHub Actions, or GitLab CI.
• Experience with containerization (Docker) and orchestration platforms like Kubernetes.
• Strong communication skills to articulate technical concepts clearly.
• Excellent problem-solving and debugging abilities.
• Ability to work independently and as part of a distributed team.
• Proactive in identifying issues and proposing solutions.

Benefits

• Health insurance
• Flexible working arrangements
• Professional development opportunities
• Paid time off