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Manager, Software Engineering - Cumulus Linux

US, CA, Santa Clara💼 Full-time💰 $224,000–$224,000🗓 2026-05-31 → 2026-09-26

Core

Lead a software development team to define and implement core infrastructure services, reliability, availability, and serviceability features for Cumulus Linux, a Debian-based network operating system powering data centers for AI and HPC.

Role type

Senior IC manager (software engineering)

Builds

Cumulus Linux core infrastructure services, telemetry features, and system reliability capabilities

Domain

Data center networking, Linux systems, AI infrastructure

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Linux systems development, data center networking technologies, C programming, Python programming, people management, system bring-up and troubleshooting, embedded software on network switches, data modeling concepts, OpenConfig, streaming telemetry protocols (gNMI), project management

Preferred skills

Linux kernel networking, hands-on lab work experience, collaborative environment experience

Technologies

Cumulus Linux, Debian, C, Python, gNMI, OpenConfig

Responsibilities

Lead team development and delivery of OS telemetry and infrastructure features; Partner with engineering teams to improve security, performance, and reliability; Develop and debug system monitoring and serviceability code; Collaborate on E2E integration of infrastructure features; Manage effort estimation and planning; Recruit, onboard, and mentor engineers; Supervise technology trends and upstream community engagement; Proactively prevent system problems

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with management responsibilities

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