Senior Software Engineer

OpenVPN
13 days ago

Role details

Contract type
Permanent contract
Employment type
Full-time (> 32 hours)
Working hours
Regular working hours
Languages
English
Experience level
Senior

Job location

Remote

Tech stack

JavaScript
Adobe InDesign
Artificial Intelligence
Aliasing
Software as a Service
Software Quality
Computer Security
DevOps
Distributed Systems
DNS
Memory Management
Fault Tolerance
Identity and Access Management
Virtual Private Networks (VPN)
Routing
Node.js
OAuth
Octopus Deploy
Performance Tuning
Openid Connect
JSON Web Token
Software Engineering
TCP/IP
TypeScript
WebSocket
Transport Layer Security
Load Balancing
Delivery Pipeline
Concurrency
Build Management
Kubernetes
Information Technology
Iptables
Cloudflare
Docker
Go

Job description

The Gateway is central to the architecture, responsible for real-time policy enforcement, DNS aliasing, and risk-aware access control across multi-tenant environments. You'll design and develop secure, high-performance, distributed systems that make the overlay network resilient, intelligent, and autonomous - whether deployed on-prem, in the cloud, or at the edge., * Design and build services powering Gateway nodes - including DNS proxy, firewall rule orchestration, policy enforcement, and device posture validation.

  • Collaborate with the Controller (back-end) and AI teams to enable adaptive, AI-driven access policies.
  • Engineer and optimize real-time communication (gRPC/REST/WebSockets) between Gateways, Connectors, and the Controller.
  • Develop observability and telemetry pipelines for Gateway nodes - logs, metrics, traces.
  • Contribute to the Gateway clustering model, ensuring scale-out routing, load balancing, and fault tolerance.
  • Collaborate closely with the Architects and DevOps team to align with CipherScale's reference architecture and deployment blueprints.
  • Participate in design reviews, architecture discussions, and end-to-end testing (performance, resilience, and compliance).
  • Responsible for Quality of the Code - Write and maintain unit, integration, end-to-end, performance tests using AI, scripts, and code quality check tools

Requirements

Do you have experience in gRPC?, Do you have a Master's degree?, 5+ years of software engineering experience, designing and deploying distributed systems at scale.

  • 5+ years of hands-on experience with Go (Golang), including concurrency, memory management, networking, and performance tuning.
  • Deep understanding of network-level protocols and enforcement (TCP/IP, UDP, DNS, TLS, iptables/nftables, conntrack).
  • Proven experience building multi-tenant, security-sensitive systems with strict SLA and HA requirements.
  • Familiarity with authN/authZ protocols (OAuth 2.0, OpenID Connect, JWT, SMAL, Certificates) and risk-based access control.
  • Experience building and managing systems using Docker, Kubernetes, ArgoCD, and CI/CD pipelines.
  • Strong understanding of observability patterns - metrics, distributed tracing, and log pipelines.
  • Proven ability to work cross-functionally with architecture, AI, and infrastructure teams in a remote-first and distributed environment., * Previous experience with NodeJS, Typescript, Javascript
  • Background in VPN technologies, access management, or cybersecurity
  • Experience with policy engines (e.g., OPA, Cedar)
  • Familiarity with Cloudflare (e.g., Workers, DNS, WAF)
  • Exposure to SaaS infrastructure and Kubernetes orchestration
  • Experience scaling high-traffic, production-grade systems
  • Prior experience in a startup environment
  • BSc/MSc in Computer Science, Engineering, or related field

Benefits & conditions

  • Competitive pay rates
  • Fully remote work environments
  • Self-managed time off

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