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Posted 01 July, 2026

Software Developer - L2/L3 Networking Datapath

Weekday AI
Bengaluru,Karnataka,India Full Time
Reference: 8_688697_ED18BC2C92

This role is for one of the Weekday's clients

Min Experience: 4+ years

Location: Bengaluru

JobType: full-time

Perform embedded system software design and implementation for leading high-performance data networking products as a member of a highly capable and dynamic engineering team.

Requirements

Skills required:

Minimum of BS/MS in Engineering CS, EE
4 to 12 years of relevant industry experience in Networking/Telecom- Embedded/Network Management
Software or Hardware-based Packet Forwarding
Software management of networking HW resources such as TCAM, packet buffers, RIB/FIB,ACL
IPv4/IPv6 routing/forwarding, PBR, ACL, Rate-limiting, QoS
MPLS, VPLS, VLL, VRF, L3VPN, VXLAN, Openflow, SDN
Hitless Software Upgrade/ISSU and High Availability
TCP/IP stack, ARP/ND, DHCP
LAG/LACP, Layer 2 switching, Ethernet
REST API

Nice To Have:

Understanding of system architecture, SDK or Drivers for network processor or traffic manager
ASIC/FPGA preferred.
Experience in Linux OS and multi-threaded programming preferred.
Experience in Python, shell scripting preferred.
Experience in automated software unit testing preferred.
Excellent C coding and debugging skills are required.
Comfortable with technical and business English usage (documents reading, e-mails, conference calls)

Responsibilities:

Design, develop, and maintain embedded routing, switching or analytics software.
Implement new features for networking platforms.
Propose design architectures and solutions for new features and enhancements.
Unit test implemented work.
Work with third party protocol/database stacks.
Resolve software issues that arise during testing cycle and from customers.
Work closely with software quality assurance engineering to review feature test plans and confirm functions.
Be involved in early-stage development of high-performance, next-generation networking platforms
The ideal candidate should have BS/MS in Engineering CS, EE or related field and 6 years or more hands-on experience in Networking domain

Must-have skills

Software Developer, Networking

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