# Software Engineer - Control/Routing at Alkira

- Company: Alkira
- What the company does: Backed by Kleiner Perkins, Sequoia and GV.
- Company website: https://www.alkira.com/
- Type: Startups
- Level: Mid level
- Location: San Jose, California
- Work setup: On-site
- Pay: $125K to $150K base salary per year (USD)
- Posted: 2026-08-27
- Apply by: 2026-10-12
- Apply: https://alkira.bamboohr.com/careers/271
- Page: https://www.1752.vc/careers/jobs/alkira-software-engineer-control-routing/

## About the role

The Software Engineer will perform the requirements from PLM/Sales teams and work with team members to design and implement the feature. You will take ownership of their work and follow-through on defects reported.

## What they're looking for

- B.S. or equivalent in EE or CS, plus a minimum of 2 years of hands-on experience in networking or routing software development
- Strong programming skills in Go (primary) and C — the team works daily in Go for control-plane services and in C for the FRR routing protocol stack
- Deep, hands-on understanding of networking fundamentals and IP routing, BGP knowledge preferred
- Strong Linux networking fundamentals: interfaces, namespaces, the kernel routing/forwarding path, and routing-related tooling preferred
- Experience designing and implementing multithreaded systems preferred
- Systematic debugging and root-cause analysis skills for live routing issues. Fluency with using AI for tool development preferred

Tags: Engineering - R&D