Senior Software Engineer, Versa Networks

Dataplane Development

$200-310k

+ competitive compensation package with and pre-IPO equity

Linux

C++

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Santa Clara, CA

Secure access service edge vendor

Be an early applicant

Secure access service edge vendor

501-1000 employees

B2BEnterpriseInternet of ThingsSaaSCyber SecurityCloud Computing

Be an early applicant

$200-310k

+ competitive compensation package with and pre-IPO equity

Linux

C++

Senior and Expert level

San Francisco Bay Area

Office located in Santa Clara, CA

501-1000 employees

B2BEnterpriseInternet of ThingsSaaSCyber SecurityCloud Computing

Company mission

To address the security and networking challenges that Enterprises and Service Providers face, and connect branch offices, home offices, and users to applications wherever they exist.

Job

Company

Role

Who you are

The candidate must have a Bachelor’s/Master’s degree in Computer Science or equivalent field of study and have 5-10 years of hands-on experience
Deep understanding of TCP/IP and advanced knowledge of LAN/WAN technologies
Expertise with general routing/switching, routing protocols (e.g BGP, OSPF), branch and DataCenter Architectures
Hands-on experience with packet processing pipelines
Expertise with Remote Access VPN solutions, IPSEC, PKI & SSL is a plus
Experience of working with Ethernet/QAT/LTE/Wifi/SRIOV/virtio/vmxnet3/OVS interfaces is a plus
Preferable to have prior experience working with DPDK and multicore systems
Thorough understanding of performance benchmarks and ability to analyze the same
Strong Linux Kernel development experience will be plus
Prior experience having built a scalable and high-performance system is a plus
Troubleshooting critical customer issues on a timely manner
Exhibit strong skills in C/C++

What the job involves

This Sr Network/Security datapath/infrastructure Software Engineer will be at the forefront of architecture, design and implementation of Versa’s high-performance forwarding software. You will be part of an highly-experienced engineering team developing high-performance packet and security service processing capabilities on new compute platforms
You will be part of and work closely with a team of. The candidate must have experience with developing software for industry leading multi-core architecture systems, network and security interfaces, and be able to develop best practices and guidelines for such applications
Design and develop software for real-time network applications on a multi-core architecture
Design, Develop and maintain the NextGen Packet Forwarding and security features for SDWAN/SASE/SSE platforms
Work across Development, System Test, PLM and TAC teams
Work on challenging problems and bring in new ideas for platform optimization

Our take

The secure access service edge (SASE) is composed of a complex group of networking and cloud software tools, such as software-defined wide area networks (SD-WAN), secure web gateways (SWG), and firewall-as-a-service. SASE itself functions to better deliver cybersecurity tech, and as such, it’s big business right now. Versa Networks is capitalising on this, with its in-cloud and on-premise flexible SASE solutions.

The company faces competition from SASE rivals such as Juniper Networks (where the founders left to launch Versa Networks), and major players like Cisco and Cloudflare. However, startups are pulling in hefty funding, too: Cato Networks is a Unicorn twice over, and Netskope is valued at nearly fourfold that. On top of that, the current SASE market is set to grow from its 2021 $3 billion valuation to $6 billion by 2028.

This should come as no surprise. SASE sits at the juncture of the lucrative and high-growth sectors of cloud computing, cybersecurity, and networking, and is expected to have a sweeping addressable market as more businesses pivot onto the cloud. Versa Networks is set to hold its own against well-funded startups and acquisitive enterprises, exemplified by its "pre-IPO" fundraise of $120 million in 2022. The company has positioned itself to deepen its hold on its slice of the market.

Kirsty

Company Specialist at Welcome to the Jungle

Insights

Top investors

Glassdoor (3.8)

Company

Funding (last 2 of 6 rounds)

Oct 2022

$120m

LATE VC

Jun 2021

$84m

SERIES D

Total funding: $316.3m

Company benefits

Incentives and Bonuses
ESOP
Statutory Benefits: PF, ESI, Maternity Benefits, Leaves & Holidays
VPF, NPS, Meal Vouchers, Paternity Leaves
Health: Medical, Accidental, Term Life Insurances
Relocation Benefits
Flexi Working
Reward & Recognition Policies
Transparent Performance Management Process
Career Progression
Global Mobility

Company HQ

Santa Clara, CA

Leadership

Apurva Mehta

(Co-Founder & CTO)

Former Director of Software and Chief Architect at Riverstone Networks, then moved into a Chief Architect and ultimately CTO role at Juniper Networks.

Kumar Mehta

(Co-Founder & CDO)

Former VP of Engineering at Juniper Networks, and a Stanford School of Business graduate.

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