Broadcom R&D Staff Software Engineer 

United States, California 

21785402

, delivers software-defined application load balancing services with global server load balancing, Intelligent Web Application Firewall(iWAF), advanced analytics and monitoring, intelligent automation and elasticity with multi-cloud data fabrics. It also integrates seamlessly with API driven automation and orchestration tools such as Ansible and Terraform. It completes and enables enterprises’ digital transformation. We deliver the industry’s only complete software-defined networking stack from L2-L7 built for the modern multi-cloud era leveraging a common architectural foundation.

As a Senior Member of Technical Staff, you will:

• Deliver innovative features in Layer 7/Application Security domain.
• Solve complex problems and troubleshoot Layer 7/Application Security Data path.
• Improve the performance, throughput, component efficiency in Layer 7/Application Security domain.
• Evangelize and influence good software practices through design/peer code reviews/automated unit and functional tests.
• Engage with product teams to learn about existing challenges and customer success teams to field support calls.
• Mentor junior and other team members.

Qualifications:

• Technical skills: C/C++ (Expert), Python (Intermediate), Go (Basic), Secure Coding, Data structures and Algorithms, network software development.

• Experience of working in Data path/Data Plane/Fast Path, Load Balancers, Application Proxies
• Domain knowledge: L2-L7 Networking, TCP/IP Stack, Excellent understanding of HTTP Protocol, HTTP/2, Quic, NGINX architecture, Web Application Firewalls (WAF) like ModSecurity.
• Education: BS in Computer Science or related field with 8+ years of related work experience/MS in Computer Science or related field with 6+ years of related work experience/PHD in Computer Science or related field with 3+ years of related work experience.
• Adaptability and Growth Mindset: Proactive, with a keen ability to thrive in a dynamic environment, always seeking to learn and improve.
• Excellent problem-solving and analytical skills.
• Strong communication and interpersonal skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively within a team.
• Experience/Awareness in OpenSSL, Application Security, Tools such as Wireshark, gdb, valgrind / asan / ubsan, Linux “perf” / benchmarking for C/C++ is a plus.

Compensation and Benefits

The annual base salary range for this position is$119,000 - $190,000

This position is also eligible for a discretionary annual bonus in accordance with relevant plan documents, and equity in accordance with equity plan documents and equity award agreements.