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About the job

Backed by leading Silicon Valley investors, Peregrine helps public safety organizations, state and local and governments, federal agencies , and private-sector institutions address society’s challenges with unprecedented speed and accuracy. Our AI-enabled platform turns siloed and disconnected data into operational intelligence — instantly surfacing mission-critical information to empower better, faster decisions that improve outcomes at every touchpoint. Today Peregrine supports hundreds of customers across 30+ states and two countries, serving more than 125 million people — and we’re amplifying our impact as we expand into the enterprise and internationally.

Role

We are looking to add a Staff Software Engineer, Traffic to expand our high-impact Platform team. You’ll design and build software-defined networking capabilities that enable secure, reliable, and scalable communication across Peregrine.

You’ll work across cloud and Kubernetes networking, service-to-service communication, traffic management, routing, and observability—building the control planes, services, and automation that make complex networking capabilities reliable and easy to operate at scale.

About you

Design and build systems that provision, manage, and scale network connectivity across customer, cloud, and Kubernetes environments

Build platform capabilities for service communication, routing, traffic management, segmentation, and observability

Extend and improve APIs and services that make networking capabilities reliable and self-service

Design systems for safe configuration, policy enforcement, traffic rollout, and failure recovery

Own and improve the reliability, scalability, and observability of networking and traffic management systems

Lead debugging of complex connectivity and traffic issues across application, Kubernetes, cloud, and network boundaries

Drive architectural direction and networking standards while collaborating across Infrastructure, Security, and product engineering teams

What we’re looking for

9+ years of experience in software, infrastructure, or network engineering roles, with a focus on building and operating systems at scale

Strong programming skills (e.g., Python, Go, or similar) with experience building production systems or services

Deep understanding of networking fundamentals (e.g., TCP/IP, routing, DNS, load balancing, NAT, VPNs)

Experience with cloud and Kubernetes networking, including concepts such as VPCs, routing, network policy, and service connectivity (service mesh and CNI experience, such as Istio or Cilium is a big plus)

Experience building or operating distributed systems or networking infrastructure (e.g., control planes, traffic management, gateways or proxies, automation systems)

Strong debugging skills and ability to troubleshoot across application, system, and network boundaries

Ability to drive technical direction and make architectural decisions across teams

Based in and around one of our offices in SF, DC or NYC and excited to work in-office.

Annual Salary + Benefits + Equity (if applicable) + Bonus (if applicable) $200,000 — $275,000 USD

Actual compensation is influenced by a wide array of factors including but not limited to skill set, level of experience, certifications or licenses, and specific work location. Information on the benefits offered is here .

Peregrine Technologies is committed to creating an inclusive environment for all employees. We celebrate diversity and are a proud equal opportunity employer. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, gender, gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, national origin, genetics, disability, age, or veteran status.