Software Engineer, Network Infrastructure

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Own Render's core network infrastructure across multiple data centers and cloud providers
• ▹Design and build customer-facing networking capabilities that give users greater flexibility in how their services connect, communicate, and route traffic
• ▹Investigate complex networking issues across the stack, from the kernel and data plane to distributed systems and edge networking
• ▹Drive performance and reliability improvements through systematic profiling and tuning
• ▹Partner with engineers across the company to build a platform that is stable, predictable, and secure
• ▹Participate in the on-call rotation and help continuously improve incident detection, response, and learning

Requirements

• ▹At least 6 years of experience building and operating large-scale networking or infrastructure systems
• ▹Experience with Kubernetes networking internals (e.g. kube-proxy, CNI plugins, service routing) or similar container networking technology
• ▹Experience with Linux networking internals (e.g. routing, netfilter/iptables/nftables, conntrack) in production environments
• ▹Experience building and operating traffic routing systems (e.g. load balancers, ingress, proxies) at scale
• ▹Strong experience designing, debugging, and operating distributed systems
• ▹Experience planning and executing high-risk changes with minimal downtime

Nice to have

• ▹Experience with data center or hybrid cloud networking (e.g. BGP, AWS Direct Connect, Arista/Juniper)
• ▹Experience with eBPF or advanced Linux kernel networking
• ▹Experience developing systems in Go or similar languages that interact with low-level OS and networking primitives

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹4 weeks of paid vacation
• ▹14 weeks of fully paid parental leave
• ▹Long-term disability, life insurance, and 401(k) plans
• ▹100% employer-paid medical coverage and 99% employer-paid dental and vision coverage (employee + one dependent)
• ▹FSA and HSA options
• ▹Monthly lifestyle stipend for wellness, mental health, and hobbies
• ▹Monthly cell phone and internet subsidy
• ▹Commuter benefits (Bay Area) and home office stipend for remote employees
• ▹Continuous learning benefits and support

About the company

Render builds the modern cloud platform for developers creating AI-native, full-stack, multi-service applications, used by more than 6 million developers worldwide. In February 2026 the company closed an additional $100M Series C round, bringing total funding to $257M, to accelerate its vision of cloud infrastructure that is both powerful and intuitive.