Senior Staff Engineer - AI ADC

Senior Staff Engineer - ACOS ADC Platform A10 Networks is seeking a highly experienced Senior Staff Engineer to drive the architecture, design, and development of the ACOS Application Delivery Controller (ADC) platform . This role will contribute to the evolution of core ADC capabilities including server load balancing, SSL/TLS processing, application traffic management, GSLB, observability, automation, cloud integration, and platform scalability.

The ideal candidate possesses deep expertise in networking, distributed systems, and high-performance traffic processing, and can lead complex technical initiatives from concept through delivery. The role requires close collaboration with product management, engineering teams, customer-facing organizations, and platform architects to define and implement next-generation ADC capabilities.

Key Responsibilities

Lead architecture, design, and development of core ACOS ADC capabilities on data plane

Design and enhance Layer 4 to Layer 7 traffic management features, including: Server Load Balancing (SLB)

Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)

SSL/TLS offload and optimization

Content switching and traffic steering

Health monitoring and service discovery

High Availability (HA) and clustering

Develop scalable and high-performance traffic processing solutions for physical, virtual, containerized, and cloud deployments.

Define and implement platform architecture for configuration management, distributed state synchronization, orchestration, and automation.

Optimize system performance, throughput, latency, resource utilization, and scalability across large-scale customer deployments.

Collaborate with product management and field teams to translate customer requirements into robust product capabilities.

Engage on customer escalations

Mentor engineers and provide technical leadership on networking, performance engineering, software architecture, and debugging methodologies.

Ensure product quality through design reviews, benchmarking, performance testing, security reviews, and operational excellence practices.

Contribute to technical strategy and long-term evolution of the ACOS platform

Required Qualifications

Education

Bachelor's or Master's degree in Computer Science, Computer Engineering, Electrical Engineering, or related field.

Master's degree preferred

Technical Skills

Deep expertise in Layer 4 through Layer 7 networking technologies, including:

TCP/IP

UDP

TLS/SSL

HTTP/1.1, HTTP/2, HTTP/3

QUIC

DNS

Routing and switching fundamentals

Strong understanding of ADC technologies such as: Server Load Balancing

Global Server Load Balancing

Application traffic management

Health monitoring

Content switching

Rate limiting and traffic shaping

Strong software development and debug expertise in: C/C++

Linux systems programming

Multithreaded and concurrent software design

Experience developing high-performance networking or distributed systems software

Strong debugging and performance analysis skills using tools such as: GDB

Perf

Wireshark

System profiling and tracing tools

Strong understanding of software architecture, design patterns, scalability, resiliency, and fault tolerance

Proven ability to lead complex technical initiatives from architecture through production deployment

Leadership Skills

Demonstrated technical leadership across multiple teams and projects.

Strong design, communication, collaboration, and mentoring skills.

Ability to influence technical direction and drive consensus among stakeholders.

Preferred Qualifications

The following qualifications are preferred:

Experience with AI, and Machine Learning technologies.

Knowledge of AI inference workloads, model serving architectures, and LLM ecosystems

Experience applying ML techniques to operational analytics, anomaly detection, traffic analysis, or capacity forecasting

Familiarity with AI gateways, API gateways, or intelligent traffic management systems

Exposure to vector databases, model registries, AI observability, or MLOps platforms

Key Attributes

Strong systems-thinking mindset with passion for solving complex networking and scalability problems

Customer-focused approach to building highly reliable and secure products

Ability to balance innovation with operational excellence and product quality

Ownership mentality with a track record of delivering impactful technical outcomes

Excellent verbal and written communication skills

A10 Networks is an equal opportunity employer and a VEVRAA federal subcontractor. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability status, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law. A10 also complies with all applicable state and local laws governing nondiscrimination in employment.

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Targeted compensation guideline: $180,000 - $195,000. Compensation will vary based on number of factors, including market demand for specific skills, role type, job level, and individual qualifications. Final salary offers are determined by considerations including, but not limited to, subject matter expertise, demonstrated skill level, relevant experience, geographic location, education, certifications, and training.