Dear Connections, ACL Digital is hiring for Software Engineer Manager- Networking Domain for Bangalore location. Job Role - Software Engineering Manager - Networking Domain Experience: 12+ Years Work Location: Bengaluru Immediate to 15 Days only.

Key Responsibilities - Lead end‐to‐end protocol development projects involving Layer‐2 and Layer‐3 networking: design, implementation, performance, reliability, and interoperability.

- Be hands‐on (when needed) in coding, code reviews, and debugging for protocol stack implementations in C/C++, Go, and/or Python.
- Define technical architecture/specifications for features such as VLANs, STP/MSTP, LACP, ARP, IPv4/IPv6, static and dynamic routing (OSPF, BGP, RIP etc.), MPLS, multicast, etc.
- Oversee integration with switching and routing hardware/software platforms, SDKs, drivers, and ensure alignment with underlying OS / kernel networking modules.
- Ensure performance, scalability, low latency, robustness, and security in routing/switching / protocol behavior.

People & Team Management:

- Build, lead, mentor, and grow a team of engineers (protocol engineers, switch/routing stack developers, QA) working on Layer‐2/Layer‐3 network software.
- Define roles and responsibilities; set clear goals; conduct regular performance reviews; promote skills growth.
- Foster a culture of ownership, collaboration, innovation, quality, and accountability.
- Handle hiring, resourcing, handling team bottlenecks and conflicts; ensure high team morale and productivity.

Project & Program Management:

- Manage project scope, deliverables, timelines, dependency management, risk mitigation.
- Maintain visibility to senior leadership; provide status updates,



escalate issues appropriately.
- Collaborate with cross‐functional stakeholders: product managers, systems engineering, hardware/firmware teams, QA, DevOps.
- Maintain and enforce high standards for documentation: protocol specs, design docs, test plans, decision logs.
- Stay updated on industry standards, best practices, new protocols and emerging trends in routing/switching, ASIC/hardware offload etc.

Required Skills & Qualifications - 12‐18 years of relevant experience in software development / engineering leadership in networking domain

- Demonstrable hands‐on experience with Layer‐2 and Layer‐3 protocols (e.g. STP/MSTP/VLAN/LACP, ARP, IPv4/IPv6, static routing, OSPF, BGP, multicast etc.).
- Strong coding skills in C / C++, and one or more of Go, Python. Comfortable understanding, reviewing, guiding code in these languages.
- Positive knowledge of Linux networking stack, kernel modules, drivers, possibly real‐time or embedded systems if relevant.
- Experience in performance optimization, packet‐processing, measuring latency, throughput, debugging protocol interop issues.
- Proven people management experience: hiring, mentoring, setting performance goals, dealing with team dynamics.
- Strong planning, project management / program management skills. Ability to manage multiple overlapping streams.
- Excellent written & verbal communication skills with both technical and non‐technical stakeholders.
- Bachelor's or Master's in Computer Science / Electrical / Electronic Engineering or similar; higher degree is a plus. If you are interested please help me to share your updated resume to [email protected] Thanks & Regards Amit Kumar

📌 Technical Project Manager (Mysuru)
🏢 ACL Digital
📍 Mysuru