Software Engineer, Network Infrastructure
Render · Remote · Remote: United States · San Francisco HQ · Remote: Canada ·
COMPENSATION
$236k – $290k
Listed on the employer's job board (Ashby)
- Fully remote
- Senior level (6+ years)
- Kubernetes networking
- Linux internals
- On-call rotation
Render is building a modern cloud platform that simplifies infrastructure for developers creating AI-native and full-stack applications. You will join the team responsible for the end-to-end networking stack, ensuring reliability and performance as the platform scales to support millions of users.
The role involves designing customer-facing networking capabilities and optimizing traffic routing systems. You will work with open source technologies, modifying core components to meet the unique demands of Render’s infrastructure while collaborating with engineers across the company.
What you'll do
- Own core network infrastructure across multiple data centers and cloud providers
- Design customer-facing networking capabilities for service connectivity and routing
- Investigate complex networking issues from kernel level to distributed systems
- Drive performance and reliability improvements through profiling and tuning
- Partner with cross-functional teams to ensure platform stability and security
- Participate in on-call rotation to detect, respond to, and learn from incidents
What you'll need
- At least 6 years of experience building large-scale networking or infrastructure systems
- Experience with Kubernetes networking internals such as kube-proxy and CNI plugins
- Proficiency with Linux networking internals including routing and netfilter in production
- Experience building and operating traffic routing systems like load balancers at scale
- Strong background in designing, debugging, and operating distributed systems
- Experience planning and executing high-risk changes with minimal downtime
Nice to have
- Experience with eBPF or advanced Linux kernel networking
- Development experience in Go or similar languages interacting with low-level OS primitives
Stack
- Kubernetes
- Linux
- Go
- eBPF
- kube-proxy
- CNI
- netfilter
- iptables
How you'll work
- Fully remote position
- On-call rotation required
- No new visa sponsorship available
- Existing visa transfers considered at discretion
What you get
- 4 weeks of paid vacation
- 14 weeks of fully paid parental leave
- 100% employer-paid medical coverage
- 99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage
- Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness and hobbies
- Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy
- Home office stipends for remote employees
- Long-term disability and life insurance
- 401K plans available
- Continuous learning benefits and support