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Role Overview

We are seeking a
Senior Principal Engineer
to lead the design and evolution of high-performance data plane systems for next-generation networking and security platforms. This role focuses on building low-latency,



high-throughput network traffic processing systems, with deep expertise in Linux networking, protocol design, and performance engineering.

You will play a critical leadership role in shaping scalable, resilient, and secure traffic processing architectures, driving technical strategy, and mentoring teams to solve complex distributed systems challenges.

Key Responsibilities
- Architect and build high-throughput, low-latency data plane systems
- Design and optimize packet processing pipelines and traffic handling mechanisms
- Drive performance tuning, debugging, and optimization in production environments
- Design and operate distributed data plane architectures with a focus on scale and resilience
- Build and enhance traffic management capabilities (load balancing, NAT, proxying, tunneling)
- Implement security enforcement within the data path (firewalling, DPI, ZTNA, policy engines)
- Collaborate cross-functionally across control plane,

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