Life at Plume
At Plume, we believe that technology isn't about moving faster, it's about making life’s moments better. Which is why we’ve built the world's first, and only, open and hardware-independent service delivery platform for smart homes, small businesses, enterprises, and beyond. Our SaaS platform uses WiFi, advanced AI, and machine learning to create the future of connected spaces—and human experiences—at massive scale.
We now deliver services to over 50 million locations globally and have managed over 2.5 billion devices on our platform. We’re expanding rapidly, pioneering a new category, and we achieved our Series F funding in just four years. Our customers include many of the world's largest Communications Service Providers (CSPs) who look to Plume to help them evolve their smart home offerings while gleaning insights from their own data.
With a bias for action and a love for being trailblazers, the team at Plume embodies a combination of relentless curiosity and imaginative innovation. We challenge ourselves to think in ways that other companies don't, work to do what should be done (rather than what can), and if we can’t do it exceptionally well, we don’t do it. It’s how we've assembled a team of world-class builders, thinkers, and doers. And it’s how we’re reinventing what’s possible every day.
Sr. Network Software Engineer
Plume’s Security Services team is looking for a talented and driven Sr. Network Software Engineer to help continue delivering industry-leading innovation at scale. With the massive scale requirements of our platform and services, you will tackle challenging problems to protect networks for tens of millions of homes and small businesses.
In this role, you will have the opportunity to lead and contribute to the development of security solutions that integrate both edge and cloud-based technologies. This is a high-impact position where your work will play a significant role in Plume’s success and the security of the global community.
What you will do:
- Design, develop, and maintain applications for embedded Linux systems, with a strong focus on scalability, security, and performance.
- Write efficient, high-quality code in C, with a focus on portability across various 3rd party platforms and processors.
- Develop and execute unit tests, conduct code reviews, and maintain thorough documentation for your codebase.
- Perform hands-on development, debugging, and troubleshooting on embedded targets in real-world environments.
- Work closely with other teams, including QA, product management, customer support, to ensure seamless integration and timely delivery of solutions.
- Use software configuration management tools (e.g., Git), defect tracking tools(Jira), and collaborate with teams using peer review techniques.
- Engage directly with customers to understand their pain points, troubleshoot issues, and provide technical guidance.
What you will do:
- Design, develop, and maintain applications for embedded Linux systems, with a strong focus on scalability, security, and performance.
- Write efficient, high-quality code in C, with a focus on portability across various 3rd party platforms and processors.
- Develop and execute unit tests, conduct code reviews, and maintain thorough documentation for your codebase.
- Perform hands-on development, debugging, and troubleshooting on embedded targets in real-world environments.
- Work closely with other teams, including QA, product management, customer support, to ensure seamless integration and timely delivery of solutions.
- Use software configuration management tools (e.g., Git), defect tracking tools(Jira), and collaborate with teams using peer review techniques.
- Engage directly with customers to understand their pain points, troubleshoot issues, and provide technical guidance.
Who you are:
- Education Requirements: BA/BS in Computer Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field, or equivalent with 5+ years of relevant industry experience
- Strong proficiency in C, with a deep understanding of memory management, low-level optimization, and multi-threaded programming in embedded environments.
- Network and application performance and/or security expertise ( Deep Packet Inspection, Intrusion Detection & Protection, QoS, QoE, Firewall)
- Linux kernel networking stack knowledge (Netdevice, IP Conntrack, OVS)
- Extensive knowledge of networking protocols such as TCP/IP, UDP, HTTP/S, DNS, DHCP, and other relevant protocols.
- Experience with hands-on development and troubleshooting on embedded targets
Soft Skills:
- Self-motivated, detail-oriented, and results-driven.
- Strong communicator and team player, capable of collaborating cross-functionally and mentoring junior engineers.
- Ability to thrive in a high-paced, dynamic environment and adapt to changing technical and business requirements.
Total Compensation package would include: anticipated base compensation range of $150,500 - 177,000.00 + bonus + equity + benefits. Benefits include: a 401k plan and a company match, basic life insurance plus unparalleled health, dental, vision and other benefits and perks. Please see here for more details.
An employee’s base salary and its position within the range may depend on a number of factors including job related knowledge, education, skills, experience and other business related considerations. Published ranges are provided in good faith at the time of posting.
Kindly note that this is a HYBRID position, with a requirement to work in the office 3 days a week. We’re looking for candidates who are within a commutable distance. At this time, we are unable to provide relocation assistance.
About Plume
As the creator of the only open, hardware-independent, cloud-controlled experience platform for CSPs and their subscribers, Plume partners with over 350 CSP customers, including some of the world’s largest such as Comcast, Charter, Liberty Global, and J:COM.
Using OpenSync, the most widely supported open-source, silicon-to-cloud framework for smart spaces, Plume’s software-defined network allows CSPs to decouple their service offerings from hardware and rapidly curate and deliver new services over a multi-vendor, open-platform architecture.
Backed by investors such as Insight Partners and SoftBank Vision Fund 2, Plume is now valued at $2.6B, having added over $500M in funding in 2021 alone.
Plume is an equal opportunity workplace that maintains a continuing policy of nondiscrimination in all employment practices and decisions, ensuring equal employment opportunities for all qualified individuals without regard to race, color, creed, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, sexual orientation, gender identity, marital status, pregnancy, childbirth or related individual conditions, medical conditions (as defined by state law), military or veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
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What We Do
The world’s first SaaS experience platform for Communications Service Providers.
At Plume, we believe that technology isn't about moving faster. It's about making moments better. Which is why we've brought relentless focus to understanding the digital lifestyles people want to live, the spaces where they play out, and innovating ways to make digital experiences blossom. As the only open and hardware-independent solution, Plume enables the rapid delivery of new services for connected homes, small business, and beyond at massive scale. For residential subscribers, Plume delivers self-optimizing WiFi, cyber-security, access controls, and more. Our purpose-built suite of smart services turns small business networks into fully connected, business intelligence platforms. And Service Providers get robust back-end applications for unprecedented visibility and support.
Our goal is simple: to keep you in the flow with any experiences you turn on. And to help you fill the spaces that matter to you with all kinds of wonderful.
With a bias for action and love for breaking molds, the team at Plume embodies a combination of relentless curiosity and imaginative innovation. We constantly challenge ourselves to think in ways that other companies don't, and work to do what should be done (rather than what can). It’s how we've assembled a team of world-class engineers, thinkers, and doers. And it’s how we’re reinventing what’s possible every day.
We believe that the core competitive advantage in the over-the-top era resides in the ability to create new services at high cadence, deploy them at massive scale, and to orchestrate through a common data set. Our flexible, cloud-controlled platform paired with an open-source software stack decouples service creation and delivery from dependence on proprietary hardware.
