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Westford, MA\nWe are looking for a candidate to join our Data Plane Engineering team in a hands-on software development role. This position provides the opportunity to develop highly optimized, secure networking software for use in Ribbon's Session Border Controller (SBC) product line. The successful candidate must be comfortable collaborating closely with engineering teams across Ribbon's global development locations.\nResponsibilities\nDesign, implement, and test new data plane features for Ribbon's communications products.\nResearch technical solutions and design data plane software for Ribbon's next generation networking products.\nDevelop software for data plane acceleration technologies, including network processors, for use on turn-key and custom hardware platforms.\nInvestigate, troubleshoot, and resolve customer-reported issues across Ribbon's installed product base.\nWork closely with the system test team using in-house and third-party test tools to validate functionality and measure networking product performance.\nQualifications\nBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, or a related field.\n4-6 years of experience in computer networking, communications, or related software development.\nStrong programming skills in C/C++ with embedded systems development experience.\nGood understanding of Linux networking and TCP/IP fundamentals.\nSolid knowledge of operating system concepts including processes, threads, interrupts, timers, and memory management.\nStrong analytical, troubleshooting, debugging, and problem-solving skills.\nExperience with DPDK, VPP, SmartNICs, DPUs, or network processors.\nHands-on experience with Cloud Native Network Function (CNF) infrastructure and containerized networking environments.\nAbility to collaborate effectively with globally distributed engineering teams.\nPreferred Qualifications\nExperience developing high-performance networking applications.\nFamiliarity with telecommunications, Session Border Controllers (SBCs), or VoIP technologies.\nExperience working in Agile software development environments.\nThe anticipated base pay range for this full-time position in all geographic locations is $125,000.00 - $140,000.00 annually. 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