Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or related field; Master's preferred.
10+ years of software development experience focusing on distributed networking and embedded systems.
5+ years of technical leadership experience in control plane software development.
Strong expertise in networking fundamentals and packet processing technologies.
Proficiency in programming languages such as C, C++, or Rust.
Excellent leadership, communication, and interpersonal skills.
Responsibilities
Lead the architecture, design and development of data plane software.
Evaluate and integrate data plane technologies and standards.
Define data plane interfaces across various network elements.
Develop tools and frameworks for validating data plane behavior.
Participate in implementation, code reviews, and system integration.
Collaborate with team members to ensure integration with broader network architecture.
Ensure quality, reliability, and scalability of data plane software.
Benefits
Opportunity to work on cutting-edge space-based networking technology.
High-impact role with significant responsibilities in a rapidly growing field.
Collaboration with a talented team and prominent industry experts.
Potential for professional growth and skill enhancement.
Work in an innovative and fast-paced environment.
Full Job Description
Lead, Data Plane Software
Position Summary & Responsibilities
Logos is building next-generation space-based network fabric, and the Network Software team is responsible for the software systems that control, operate, scale, and route traffic across that network.
The Data Plane Software Lead will spearhead the architecture, design and implementation of Data Plane software for Logos network. Data Plane software spans across the Ground Segment, Satellites and Terminals routing customer and control plane traffic.This role will own foundational systems responsible for packet processing, forwarding behavior, traffic handling, performance, and the software interfaces to networking hardware and embedded systems across a distributed network environment.
This is an early, high-impact role in the Network Software team that combines distributed and embedded systems depth, networking fundamentals, and strong technical leadership.
Responsibilities:
Lead the architecture, design and development of data plane software for the Logos network.
Evaluate and integrate data plane technologies, including kernel networking, user-space packet processing, hardware offload, switching silicon, and embedded networking stacks.
Define data plane interfaces across network elements, embedded systems, switching/routing hardware, and control plane services.
Develop tools, test frameworks, and simulation/emulation environments to validate data plane behavior under realistic traffic and failure conditions.
Participate directly in implementation, code reviews, design reviews, debugging, test strategy and system integration
Work closely with control plane, and embedded systems teams to integrate the data plane into the broader network architecture.
Ensure the quality, reliability, and scalability of the data plane software
Provide technical leadership and guidance to the software engineers.
Translate product level goals into executable architecture, milestones and engineering deliverables.
Work with product management teams to prioritize features and requirements.
Work with quality assurance teams to ensure software quality and reliability.
Basic Qualifications:
Bachelor's degree in Computer Science, Software Engineering, or a related field; Master's degree preferred.
10+ years of experience in software development, with a focus on both distributed networking, embedded systems, and network stacks.
5+ years of experience in a technical leadership role, leading control plane software development, with the scope and breadth of this role.
