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Principal Engineer, Software Defined Networking

  • Remote, United Kingdom
  • Lead
  • Posted 6 days ago
In one line

Principal engineer building and running SDN for AI cloud workloads, with a focus on OVN and Kubernetes.

About the role

The team works on scalable SDN solutions for GPU-accelerated workloads, covering design, development and production operations.

At a glance

Pay
Not stated in the posting
Remote scope
Remote, United Kingdom
Seniority
Lead
Skills
OVS, OVN, OpenFlow, Go, Kubernetes, gRPC
Posted
29 Oct 2026
Last checked
3 Nov 2026

What you will do

  • Design and develop SDN control and data plane software using OVS, OVN and OpenFlow.
  • Build network orchestration services with gRPC and REST for tenant workloads.
  • Contribute to open-source projects like OVN-Kubernetes.
  • Develop observability tools for network monitoring and performance analysis.
  • Operate and support SDN in large-scale cloud environments.

What they look for

  • 15+ years of software development experience for large-scale distributed systems.
  • Expert knowledge of OVN, OVS, OpenFlow and network protocols.
  • Strong programming in C and Go, with scripting in Bash and Python.
  • Deep knowledge of Kubernetes and CNIs like OVN-Kubernetes.
  • Experience with Infrastructure-as-Code tools such as Ansible, Terraform, ArgoCD or Flux.

Nice to have

  • Contributions to open-source networking projects.
  • Experience with hardware acceleration for networking.

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What experience is needed?

It is a lead role. The posting asks for: 15+ years of software development experience for large-scale distributed systems; expert knowledge of OVN, OVS, OpenFlow and network protocols; strong programming in C and Go, with scripting in Bash and Python. Skills it names include OVS, OVN, OpenFlow, Go.

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