# Software Engineer, Data Plane Hybrid

Software Engineer, Data Plane (Hybrid - 3 Days per Week In Office) Location: Hybrid work arrangement with 3 days per week in the office and 2 days remote. Westford, MA We 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. Responsibilities Design, implement, and test new data plane features for Ribbon's communications products. Research technical solutions and design data plane software for Ribbon's next generation networking products. Develop software for data plane acceleration technologies, including network processors, for use on turn-key and custom hardware platforms. Investigate, troubleshoot, and resolve customer-reported issues across Ribbon's installed product base. Work closely with the system test team using in-house and third-party test tools to validate functionality and measure networking product performance. Qualificati

- **Id**: 4315812
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/job/ribbon-communications-software-engineer-data-plane-hybrid>
- **Role**: Backend
- **Role family**: Backend
- **Seniority**: middle
- **Employment type**: full_time
- **Work mode**: hybrid
- **Hiring geo confidence**: explicit
- **Locations**: Westford, United States
- **Countries**: US
- **Hiring countries total**: 0
- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Visa sponsorship**: no
- **Relocation package**: no
- **Has equity**: no
- **Status**: live
- **First seen at**: 2026-11-14T15:53:58Z
- **Employer posted date**: 2026-11-14
- **Last verified at**: 2026-11-14T15:53:58Z
- **Board verified**: yes
- **Days open**: 0
- **Description format**: text
- **Description chars**: 3042
- **Description truncated**: no
- **Benefits**: Hybrid work
- **Relocation offered**: no
- **Industries**: Telecommunications, Optical Communications

## Company

- **Id**: 1843265
- **Name**: Ribbon Communications
- **Domain**: ribboncommunications.com
- **Url**: <https://alion.io/company/ribboncommunications-com>
- **Is staffing agency**: no
- **Employer type**: direct
- **Is intermediary**: no
- **Ats vendor**: Workday

## Salary

- **Min**: 125000
- **Max**: 140000
- **Currency**: USD
- **Period**: year
- **Usd annual**: 140000

## Technologies

- **C++** — Optional: no
- **Linux** — Optional: no
- **TCP/IP** — Optional: no
- **Agile** — Optional: yes

## Trust

- **Level**: ok
- **Days open**: 0

## Requirements

- **Experience years min**: 4
- **Manages managers**: no
- **Security clearance**: no

### Education

- **Level**: bachelor
- **Optional**: no

## Hiring locations

- **United States** — Iso: US; Kind: country

## Lifecycle

- Event: open; At: 2026-11-14T15:53:58Z

## Liveness

- **Score**: 86
- **Band**: hot
- **Label**: Hiring now
- **P open**: 1
- **P active**: 0.86
- **P room**: 1
- **Age days**: 0
- **Expected fill days**: 27
- **Reasons**: conf:2, win:early
- **Computed at**: 2026-11-14T18:23:08Z

## Pay

- **Stated usd annual**: 140000
- **Is top pay**: no

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