Principal SW Applications Engineer (9516) San Jose, Hybrid

Extreme Networks Named to Computerworld’s 2023 List of Best Places to Work in IT! Over 50,000 customers globally trust our end-to-end, cloud-driven networking solutions and rely on our top-rated services and support to accelerate their digital transformation efforts and deliver progress like never before and with double digit growth year over year, no provider is better positioned to deliver better outcomes on scale, than Extreme.

We believe in walking the walk of our strong core values which enable us to successfully advance together. Diversity and Inclusion is a vital part of our values and beliefs, and we’re proud to foster an environment where every Extreme employee can thrive.

Come become part of something big with us! We are a global leader, with hubs in North America, South America, Asia Pacific, Europe, and the Middle East.

Role :

• Ability to translate business requirements into technical requirements.
• Write clean, reusable, scalable and secure code for deployment adhering to standard methodologies.
• Create and review technical documentation and specifications, as necessary.
• Design solutions, establish best practices and introduce / implement new technologies.
• Designing systems that are scalable and performant to handle the increasing demands of our users.
• Conducting thorough code reviews and providing constructive feedback to ensure code quality, security, and maintainability.
• Provide technical leadership for the development team, representing them in Customer-facing interactions, taking ownership in sprint delivery and resolving functional and technical issues.
• Delivering application that are based on pre-existing designs or other client requirements.
• Technically lead the team of professionals to deliver Network Automation / Orchestration Product
• Idea Incubation, Solution Completeness and PLM Interfacing
• Customer Engagement / Conversation, Roadmap Planning and strategizing execution
• Bring in Best in Class Engineering practices and passionately drive the implementation of the same - be it Test Driven Development and Design Principles
• Lead architecture, design and implementation for the product

Required Skills :

• Complete exposure to the entire Product Life Cycle is a MUST
• Backend developer with advanced backend skills (Dockers, Kubernetes, GlusterFS, Clustering).
• Solid knowledge of algorithms and design patterns with coding experience in GoLang, C, Java, Python, shell scripting
• Micro services-based Architecture and their best practices. Hands-on experience with Docker containers, Kubernetes (K8s, K3s) cluster, Helm charts.
• Good understanding of IPC mechanisms, multi-threading / routines, Network programming and Object-oriented methodologies.
• DB concepts and Deployment models - MySQL / GORM / No SQL / Clustering / Postgres / Redis / MariaDb.
• Messaging Services like RabbitMQ / NATS / Kafka and clustering.
• Working experience of webhooks / websockets / API gateways / Nginx.
• Experience in API design using OpenAPI / OpenConfig / GNMI / GRPC / REST / NetConf.
• Sound Data / Information modelling techniques and tools used for Modelling like YANG, UML, JSON etc..
• Agile Development Model with CI / CD, Jenkins pipeline and working knowledge of Git environment.
• Demonstrable ability to generalize variety of data inputs into well-formed / conceptualized models exposed to different set of North Bound agents via REST APIs.
• Exposure to NFV / SDN Solution and solving real deployment challenges thereof, will be an added advantage.
• Knowledge in L2 / L3 OSI layer Protocols - ; LAGs; VxLAN; EVPN; ACLs; Route Policy; MPLS / VPLS; BGP; and L2 Forwarding;

L3 Routing will be desirable.

• Have excellent problem-solving skills, attention to detail, and a passion for building high-quality products.
• Have strong communication skills, both technical and non-technical, with the ability to collaborate effectively and work with cross-functional global teams across different time zones.
• Self-starter" attitude and the ability to make decisions independently.

Qualifications :

Bachelor's or MS in CS / EEE / ECE with at least 5+ years of relevant experience

$175,000 - $200,000 a year