Staff Software Engineer, NMS New

Kentik is the network intelligence platform for modern infrastructure teams, seeking an experienced Staff Software Engineer to join their NMS team. The role involves building support for a variety of network devices and improving data collection systems to enhance visibility in network infrastructure.

Responsibilities:

• Build support and map data for a huge variety of network devices
• Perform device support gap analysis for new and prospective customers
• Help us define configuration schemas that make it easier for our engineers and our customers to get their data into the Kentik Platform
• Work with other engineers and teams to improve data collection accuracy and strategies
• Help us build a culture of ownership by proactively identifying and solving problems
• Collaborate with other software engineers on the NMS team - as well as PM, support, and sales teams

Requirements:

• 6+ years of experience building and maintaining production SaaS software
• Experience with scripting (we currently use Starlark/Python)
• Familiarity with strongly-typed languages (we use Go) and data service patterns
• A strong desire to learn, grow, and take ownership of fixing hard problems
• A knowledge of networking protocols like SNMP and gNMI is a plus