Software Engineer (AWS, Networking)

Overview:
Our client will be hiring a Software Engineer with a background in Network Engineering. This role is part of the Agile/Scrum SaaS Solutions Engineering team and helps support the Engineering team's transition to an AWS cloud-native environment. This role contributes primarily to an AWS cloud-based central authentication platform. Network device provisioning experience is required, MikroTik devices preferred.

This position reports to the Engineering Manager. 100% REMOTE (US only)

Responsibilities:

• Configure, manage, and troubleshoot MikroTik RouterOS environments, including scripting, APIs, and policy enforcement
• Implement, and maintain software systems that interact with or control network infrastructure
• Perform advanced network protocol integration, especially focused on RADIUS, 802.1X, and related AAA technologies
• Develop automation tools and network services that streamline configuration, authentication, and device lifecycle management
• Design, build, and maintain efficient, security-hardened containerized services optimized for resource-constrained environments and modern Linux-based infrastructure
• Collaborates with other development, product management and UX team members to turn user stories into performant, scalable capabilities, features, services, and applications within the ecosystem
• Partners with team members across functions to solve architectural and code-design challenges
• Stays informed about service design and code best practices and champions decisions that will scale and make a difference in the long term
• Works within Agile methodology with two-week sprints
• Identifies and incorporates security requirements in the software development lifecycle process
• Works in a variety of languages and frameworks, from legacy .NET, C# and SQL to more modern Linux, Python and Elasticsearch

Qualifications:

• 5 years of software engineering experience, ideally in network-focused roles
• Network device provisioning experience is required, MikroTik devices preferred.
• Deep understanding of RADIUS, AAA workflows, 802.1X, EAP methods, and certificate-based authentication
• Solid understanding of network fundamentals: routing, switching, VLANs, firewalling, DHCP, DNS, VPNs, etc.
• Experience with RESTful API design and development
• Experience in complex AWS systems with an emphasis on Serverless (i.e. not using servers and containers to solve all problems)

Preferred:

• Experience working with MikroTik devices, RouterOS scripting, API integration, and configuration automation
• Preferred Linux knowledge and comfort in CLI-driven environments
• Familiarity with Git, CI/CD pipelines, and Infrastructure-as-Code (CloudFormation preferred)
• Strong desire to help a successful company scale existing cloud-based services while also being a significant contributor to the development of new products
• Proven experience shipping product as part of an Agile team
• Experience building scalable cloud services