Senior Software Engineer- Networking Security

Job Description

• Leading the development of core edge services that power Ditto's mesh-based systems.
• Building software that manages peer discovery, multi-hop communication, and routing across unreliable or dynamic networks.
• Designing clean, efficient APIs that allow higher-level applications to interact with the mesh layer.
• Leading the development and maintenance of Ditto’s networking stack by designing and implementing secure authentication flows, encryption protocols, and access controls.
• Contributing to protocol design, transport abstraction, and system-level performance improvements.
• Collaborating with security and infrastructure teams to continuously audit, harden, and optimize network security and authorization (RBAC) mechanisms.
• Collaborating with other engineers and product teams to deliver end-to-end features that reach real-world users.

• 2–5 years of professional software engineering experience.
• Solid background in networking, backend or systems-level development.
• Proficiency in at least one programming language such as Rust, C++, Go or similar.
• Experience designing and consuming APIs for higher level abstraction.
• Understanding of networking as well as application layer routing and communication protocols.
• Comfort working with distributed systems or edge-deployed services.
• Ability to reason about concurrency, performance, and fault-tolerant architectures.
• Strong collaboration skills as you'll work cross-team particularly closely with product and relevant team engineers spread across the globe.

• Competitive salaries
• Stock options
• Medical, dental, vision, life, and disability coverage
• Flexible spending account (FSA)
• Flexible vacation policy
• 401(k) plan