Staff Software Engineer

Staff Software Engineer

At Infoblox, every breakthrough begins with a bold "what if." What if your ideas could ignite global innovation? What if your curiosity could redefine the future? We invite you to step into the next exciting chapter of your career journey. Bring your creativity, drive, your daring spirit, and feel what it's like to thrive on a team big enough to make an impact, yet small enough to make a difference. Our cloud-first networking and security solutions already protect 70% of the Fortune 500, and we're looking for creative thinkers ready to push that influence even further. Join us and discover how far your bold "what if" can take the world, your community, and your career. In a world where you can be anything, Be Infoblox.

We have an opportunity for a Staff Software Engineer to join our Advanced Engineering team in Tacoma, WA, Austin, TX or Atlanta, GA reporting to the Senior Manager of Engineering. This team is focused on building a next-generation Network Security platform and this is a greenfield initiative where you'll help define the architecture, drive innovation, and build secure, scalable systems that bridge networking and security in the cloud. You'll work closely with a world-class team of engineers and product leaders to deliver high-performance, policy-driven access and connectivity solutions.

Be a Contributor - What You'll Do

Architect and build distributed systems and microservices using Golang and Kubernetes

Design and implement cloud networking components, including IPSec tunnels, cloud VPNs, and secure overlay networks

Develop scalable, secure networking services for hybrid and multi-cloud environments

Collaborate with product and platform teams to define and deliver SASE-adjacent capabilities such as identity-aware access, policy enforcement, and edge security

Integrate with cloud providers (AWS, GCP, Azure) to enable dynamic, policy-driven connectivity

Lead technical design reviews, mentor engineers, and drive engineering excellence

Contribute to the evolution of our CI/CD pipelines and observability stack

Be Prepared - What You Bring

12+ years of experience in software engineering, with a strong background in cloud networking, distributed systems, and cloud-native architectures

Deep expertise in Golang, Kubernetes, and microservices

Strong hands-on experience with network protocols and secure communication (e.g., TCP/IP, TLS/SSL, VPNs, tunneling protocols, or similar)

Past project experience in one or more of the following areas is desirable:

• High-performance packet processing or data plane development (VPP, DPDK, or similar frameworks)
• Network virtualization and software-defined networking (OVS, network overlays, or equivalent)
• Linux kernel networking, eBPF for observability/security/traffic control, or low-level network programming
• Container networking solutions (Cilium, Calico, Flannel, or Kubernetes CNI implementations)
• Network security implementations (firewalls, NAT, routing, or security protocols)

Experience with network security, zero trust architectures, or SASE platforms is highly desirable

Familiarity with service mesh technologies like Envoy, Istio, or Linkerd is a highly desirable

Strong understanding of cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, or Azure) and infrastructure-as-code is highly desirable

Exposure to or interest in agentic AI systems