Senior Staff Software Engineer

At Infoblox, every breakthrough begins with a bold "what if." 
What if your ideas could ignite global innovation? 
What if your curiosity could redefine the future? 

We invite you to step into the next exciting chapter of your career journey. Bring your creativity, drive, your daring spirit, and feel what it's like to thrive on a team big enough to make an impact, yet small enough to make a difference. Our cloud-first networking and security solutions already protect 70% of the Fortune 500, and we're looking for creative thinkers ready to push that influence even further. Join us and discover how far your bold "what if" can take the world, your community, and your career. 

Here, how we empower our people is extraordinary: Glassdoor Best Places to Work 2025, Great Place to Work-Certified in five countries, and Cigna Healthy Workforce honors three years running — and what we build is world-class: recognized as CybersecAsia's Best in Critical Infrastructure 2024 — evidence that when first-class technology meets empowered talent, remarkable careers take shape. So, what if the next big idea, and the next great career story, comes from you? Become the force that turns every "what if" into "what's next". 

In a world where you can be anything, Be Infoblox.  

Senior Staff Software Engineer 

We have an opportunity for a Senior Staff Software Engineer to join our Core DDI team in Bangalore, reporting to the senior manager of Engineering. In this role, you will work on our NIOS product with a team focused on solving massive scale performance challenges while building and maintaining next-generation network actionable intelligence products. You will also gain deep expertise in the Infoblox Network Services Appliance product line and will have an opportunity to mentor new engineers on your team. This is an exceptional opportunity to join a growing, successful, and innovative organization. At Infoblox, you will be able to thrive in a unique work environment that emphasizes career growth, excellence, innovation, and collaboration.

Be a Contributor — What You'll Do 

• Develop and enhance features over DNS/DHCP protocols 
• Interact with Product Management, QA, and support for the best end-to-end customer experience 
• Performance tuning, scalability, and optimization 
• Coordinate with development teams for release planning 
• Improve scalability and manageability of the Core DDI product line and for distributed virtualized environments 
• Design and develop algorithms to solve complex application problems, system administration, and other network concerns 
• Work with sustaining engineering and customer technical support to diagnose and resolve challenging field issues   

Be Prepared — What You Bring

• 12+ years of experience in Linux internals, C, Python, shell scripting and algorithms 
• Hands-on experience with networking protocols like DNS, DHCP, BGP, and OSPF 
• Contribution to open-source projects 
• Solid debugging and problem-solving skills 
• A willingness to work on customer escalations and NIOS platform enhancements 
• A great attitude and willingness to be a good team player 
• A four-year degree in CS, CE, EE, or equivalent is required 

Be Successful — Your Path 

First 90 Days: 

Immerse in our culture, connect with mentors, and map the systems and stakeholders that rely on your work. 

Six Months: 

• Work on feature enhancements 
• Handle customer escalation 
• Develop expertise on assigned modules

One Year: 

• Work towards becoming a subject Matter expert in your domain 
• be able to independently execute RFEs 
• be working on performance tuning and optimization 

Belong— Your Community 

Our culture thrives on inclusion, rewarding the bold ideas, curiosity, and creativity that move us forward. In a community where every voice counts, continuous learning is the norm. So, whether you code, create, sell, or care for customers, you'll grow and belong here.  

Be Rewarded — Benefits That Help You Grow, Thrive, Belong 

• Comprehensive health coverage, generous PTO, and flexible work options 
• Learning opportunities, career-mobility programs, and leadership workshops 
• Sixteen paid volunteer hours each year, global employee resource groups, and a "No Jerks" policy that keeps collaboration healthy 
• Modern offices with EV charging, healthy snacks (and the occasional cupcake), plus hackathons, game nights, and culture celebrations 
• Charitable Giving Program supported by Company Match 
• We practice pay transparency and reward performance. Offers reflect role location, internal equity, experience, skills, education, and certifications. 

Ready to Be the Difference?  

Infoblox is an Affirmative Action and Equal Opportunity Employer, and all qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, sexual orientation, national origin, genetic information, age, disability, veteran status, or any other legally protected basis 
 

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