Senior Software Engineer

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darren@thryvetalent.com

02-Feb-2026

Senior Software Engineer (Backend + Networking)

We’re hiring a Senior Software Engineer (Networking) to join a team building an open-source platform that helps companies create secure, high-performance networks . You’ll take the lead on building and improving high-performance networking systems across Windows, macOS, and Linux , and work hands-on across the backend—especially in Go (and other backend languages).

- Build, maintain, and optimize high-performance networking/backend code

- Own technical decisions and help shape architecture and direction

- Collaborate through code reviews, design discussions, and technical problem-solving

- Improve the product and contribute to a fast-moving engineering culture

- Support the open-source community by responding to GitHub issues and helping users

- Occasionally join technical calls with customers to understand and solve real-world needs

What we’re looking for

- 5+ years of professional software engineering experience

- 2+ years building production systems in Go (Golang) and/or other backend languages (e.g., Python, Java, Node.js/TypeScript, C/C++, Rust)

- Strong backend engineering fundamentals and distributed systems experience

- Deep networking knowledge: protocols, routing, tunneling, VPN concepts

- Experience improving network performance , monitoring, and reliability

- Strong understanding of multi-threading and async programming

- Solid testing practices (unit + integration)

- Strong communication skills and collaborative mindset

- Experience with REST and/or gRPC APIs

- Experience maintaining widely used production software

What’s in it for you

- Hybrid setup (Berlin office + remote flexibility)

- Collaborative team that values clean execution and fast shipping

- High ownership and autonomy (outcomes > hours)

- Growth opportunity in a company driving the future of Zero Trust security

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