Senior Software Engineer (Network Infrastructure)

Recruiting from Scratch is representing a company that is redefining how organizations secure remote access to their private applications, data, and environments. They are seeking a Senior Software Engineer (Network Infrastructure) to design and maintain high-performance network infrastructure components and contribute to the evolution of core networking protocols.

Responsibilities:

• Design, build, and maintain high-performance network infrastructure components that support a zero trust access platform
• Write systems-level code in C/C++, Rust, and/or Go to address complex networking and performance challenges
• Contribute to the architecture and evolution of core networking protocols, tunneling mechanisms, and traffic routing logic
• Collaborate with cross-functional engineering teams to ensure infrastructure components are reliable, observable, and scalable
• Participate in design reviews, code reviews, and technical planning to maintain engineering quality standards
• Identify and resolve performance bottlenecks, reliability issues, and security vulnerabilities in network-critical systems
• Help shape the technical direction of infrastructure systems as the platform continues to grow

Requirements:

• 6+ years of professional software engineering experience, with a focus on network infrastructure or systems programming
• Strong proficiency in C, C++, Rust, or Go, with experience in systems-level or performance-sensitive codebases
• Solid understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, and tunneling protocols such as WireGuard and IPSec
• Experience building and operating infrastructure demanding high availability, low latency, and security correctness
• Comfortable working in a remote-first, collaborative engineering culture with a high degree of ownership and autonomy
• Experience with low-level systems work and a strong interest in cybersecurity and zero-trust access control
• Proven ability to own systems or components end-to-end, from design through build and iteration