Sr. Software Engineer (Performance) (2010-029) Venturi Wireless

Description:
We are seeking an experienced Sr. Software Engineer to join our growing VServer Products team. This position will be responsible for identifying and resolving performance limitation on the Venturi Optimization platform. Expertise with high performance software design and methodology will be critical in this role. Deep understanding of networking and HTTP is a must

Responsibilities:


Improve performance and scalability of the VServer platform


Analyze and report inefficiencies in the code


Drive performance and scalability related initiatives


Execute performance and scalability load test


Follow relevant technology trends, standards, and industry direction


Work closely with QA to troubleshoot and resolve performance and scalability issues


Identifying key metrics that define capacity


Providing regular reports on the performance characteristics of the systems


Maintaining and improving performance testbed

Qualifications:


10+ years experience with C


Excellent knowledge of web servers and HTTP protocol


Good understanding of networking, including routers, switches, firewalls, iptables, etc.


Good understanding of standard internet protocols (HTTP, FTP, RTSP/RTP, Multipart and SMTP/POP3/IMAP)


Good understanding of the TCP stack on Linux


Excellent knowledge of Linux OS(kernel, networking, std utils)


Experience configuring, running, and analyzing oprofile results


Experience configuring, running, and analyzing gprof results


Strong troubleshooting/debugging skills


Previous software engineering experience with high performance server software


Attention to detail
Education Requirements:
BSCS/EE required, MSCS/EE preferred

Location:	1320 Chesapeake Terrace Sunnyvale, CA 94085 United States