Staff Software Engineer, Traffic
Peregrine Technologies· Platform
NYC$200k - $275kfull-timePosted 6mo ago
About the role
Staff Software Engineer role on Peregrine’s Platform team focusing on software-defined networking capabilities for secure, reliable, and scalable communication across cloud, Kubernetes, and customer environments.
Responsibilities
- Design and build systems that provision, manage, and scale network connectivity across customer, cloud, and Kubernetes environments
- Build platform capabilities for service communication, routing, traffic management, segmentation, and observability
- Extend and improve APIs and services that make networking capabilities reliable and self-service
- Design systems for safe configuration, policy enforcement, traffic rollout, and failure recovery
- Own and improve the reliability, scalability, and observability of networking and traffic management systems
- Lead debugging of complex connectivity and traffic issues across application, Kubernetes, cloud, and network boundaries
- Drive architectural direction and networking standards while collaborating across Infrastructure, Security, and product engineering teams
Qualifications
- 9+ years of experience in software, infrastructure, or network engineering roles, with a focus on building and operating systems at scale
- Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, Go, or similar) with experience building production systems or services
- Deep understanding of networking fundamentals (e.g., TCP/IP, routing, DNS, load balancing, NAT, VPNs)
- Experience with cloud and Kubernetes networking, including VPCs, routing, network policy, and service connectivity (service mesh and CNI experience such as Istio or Cilium is a big plus)
- Experience building or operating distributed systems or networking infrastructure (e.g., control planes, traffic management, gateways or proxies, automation systems)
- Strong debugging skills and ability to troubleshoot across application, system, and network boundaries
- Ability to drive technical direction and make architectural decisions across teams
- Based in and around one of our offices in SF, DC, or NYC and excited to work in-office
Skills
Required:programmingnetworking fundamentalscloud and Kubernetes networkingdistributed systems / networking infrastructuredebugging across boundariesarchitectural direction
Benefits
- Annual Salary + Benefits + Equity (if applicable) + Bonus (if applicable)
- Compensation range: $200,000—$275,000 USD
Last updated Oct 21, 2026. Interested? Apply on the company site.
About Peregrine Technologies
Effective, efficient and easy to use, Peregrine is the real-time public safety and police data management platform that delivers true interoperability.
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