ty Software Engineer

Job Description

Life at Plume

At Plume, we believe that technology isn&apost about moving faster, it&aposs about making lifes moments better. Which is why weve built the world&aposs first, and only, open and hardware-independent service delivery platform for smart homes, small businesses, enterprises, and beyond. Our SaaS platform uses WiFi, advanced AI, and machine learning to create the future of connected spacesand human experiencesat massive scale.

We now deliver services to over 60 million locations globally and have managed over 3 billion devices on our platform. Were expanding rapidly, pioneering a new category, and we achieved our Series F funding in just four years. Our customers include many of the world&aposs largest Internet Service Providers (ISPs) who look to Plume to help them evolve their smart home offerings while gleaning insights from their own data.

With a bias for action and a love for being trailblazers, the team at Plume embodies a combination of relentless curiosity and imaginative innovation. We challenge ourselves to think in ways that other companies don&apost, work to do what should be done (rather than what can), and if we cant do it exceptionally well, we dont do it. Its how we&aposve assembled a team of world-class builders, thinkers, and doers. And its how were reinventing whats possible every day.

Plumes Security Services team is looking for a talented and driven Senior Security Software Engineer to help continue delivering industry-leading innovation at scale. With the massive scale requirements of our platform and services, you will tackle challenging problems to protect networks for tens of millions of homes and small businesses.

In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead and contribute to the development of security solutions that integrate both edge and cloud-based technologies. This is a high-impact position where your work will play a significant role in Plumes success and the security of the global community.

What You Will Do

- Design, develop, and maintain applications for embedded Linux systems, with a strong focus on scalability, security, and performance.
- Write efficient, high-quality code in C, with a focus on portability across various 3rd party platforms and processors.
- Develop and execute unit tests, conduct code reviews, and maintain thorough documentation for your codebase.
- Perform hands-on development, debugging, and troubleshooting on embedded targets in real-world environments.
- Work closely with other teams, including QA, product management, customer support, to ensure seamless integration and timely delivery of solutions.
- Use software configuration management tools (e.g., Git), defect tracking tools(Jira), and collaborate with teams using peer review techniques.
- Engage directly with customers to understand their pain points, troubleshoot issues, and provide technical guidance.

Who You Are

- Education Requirements: BA/BS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent with 5+ years of relevant industry experience
- Strong proficiency in C, with a deep understanding of memory management, low-level optimization, and multi-threaded programming in embedded environments.
- Network and application performance and/or security expertise (Deep Packet Inspection, Intrusion Detection & Protection, QoS, QoE, Firewall)
- Linux kernel networking stack knowledge (Netdevice, IP Conntrack, OVS)
- Extensive knowledge of networking protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP/S, DNS, DHCP, and other relevant protocols.
- Experience with hands-on development and troubleshooting on embedded targets

Soft Skills

- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and results-driven.
- Strong communicator and team player, capable of collaborating cross-functionally and mentoring junior engineers.
- Ability to thrive in a high-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing technical and business requirements.

About Plume

As the creator of the only open, hardware-independent, cloud-controlled experience platform for ISPs and their subscribers, Plume partners with over 400 ISP customers, including some of the worlds largest such as Comcast, Charter, Liberty Global, and J:COM.

Using OpenSync, the most widely supported open-source, silicon-to-cloud framework for smart spaces, Plumes software-defined network allows ISPs to decouple their service offerings from hardware and rapidly curate and deliver new services over a multi-vendor, open-platform architecture.

Plume is an equal opportunity workplace that maintains a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in all employment practices and decisions, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or related individual conditions, medical conditions (as defined by state law), military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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