Staff Software engineer - Network infrastructure - APAC

Nebius
APAC
Remote

Who this role is best for

Aimed at senior software engineers with infrastructure experience who can lead and build tooling for network automation and observability, while working remotely in the APAC region.

Best fit for

  • Senior engineers with infrastructure experience and a track record of leading and building automation tooling
    — “you'll build the tooling and services that sit between the network core and the cloud platform”
  • Candidates who thrive in early-stage environments and are comfortable making decisions with incomplete information
    — “Ability to work autonomously in an early-stage environment, make decisions with incomplete information”
  • Individuals with a strong interest in networking or infrastructure, even if not an expert
    — “You don't have to be a Network expert, but we expect you to have interest in infrastructure and/or network”

Things to consider

  • This role requires a strong commitment to hands-on coding while managing and growing a team
    — “Willingness to stay hands-on while leading and growing a team”
  • Candidates must be authorized to work in their country of application and provide proof of eligibility
    — “Applicants must be authorized to work in the country in which they apply”

How to stand out

  • Highlight experience building high-load services and observability platforms in your resume
    — “Experience designing high-load services and observability platforms”
  • Emphasize your ability to align technical decisions with cross-regional teams
    — “Own architecture and technical decisions for your area in APAC, and align them with the European teams”
  • Showcase your background in infrastructure automation or network-as-code workflows
    — “Experience building automation/infra tooling: CI/CD, IaC, testing/staging environments”
  • Demonstrate contributions to open source or production-level OSS debugging in your application materials
    — “Contributions to open source or experience extending/debugging OSS components in production environments”
Pace · Fast PacedCollaboration · HighAutonomy · HighDecision Impact · Team

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What success looks like

  • build and maintain services and tooling that automate the network lifecycle
  • make network changes safe and transparent
  • develop observability systems that scale across many sites
Typical background
7+ years of professional software engineering experiencestrong coding skills and ownership mindset

Skills & requirements

Required

GoPythonNetwork OperationsAutomationInfrastructure As CodeObservability Systems

Preferred

NetworkingLow-level NetworkingEbpf/xdpDPDKKernel Networking

Stack & domain

GoPythonNetworkingInfrastructure As CodeEbpfXDPDPDKKernel NetworkingTraffic Processing SystemsLeadershipCommunicationNetwork InfrastructureCloud Platform

About the role

Original posting from Nebius

About Nebius:

Nebius is leading a new era in cloud infrastructure for the global AI economy. We are building a full-stack AI cloud platform that supports developers and enterprises from data and model training through to production deployment, without the cost and complexity of building large in-house AI/ML infrastructure.

Built by engineers, for engineers. From large-scale GPU orchestration to inference optimization, we own the hard problems across compute, storage, networking and applied AI.

Listed on Nasdaq (NBIS) and headquartered in Amsterdam, we have a global footprint with R&D hubs across Europe, the UK, North America and Israel. Our team of 1,500+ includes hundreds of engineers with deep expertise across hardware, software and AI R&D.

The Role

We're looking for a Lead Software Engineer to build software that makes network operations safe, scalable, and boring, as we launch new data centers in APAC and expand fast. This is not a "write scripts for configs" role: you'll build the tooling and services that sit between the network core (switches/ports/VLANs, traffic processors) and the cloud platform on top, using open source where it fits and building the missing pieces where it doesn't. At this stage of our APAC growth you will be hands-on: writing code, making architectural decisions and owning your area end to end, with real autonomy. Then you will grow the local engineering team around you.

Your responsibilities will include:

Build and maintain services and tooling that automate the network lifecycle: day-0 provisioning, day-N changes, drift detection, and operational verification

Make network changes safe and transparent: CI/CD workflows, diff/review tooling, staged rollouts/rollbacks, audit trails, and guardrails

Develop observability systems that scale across many sites: telemetry pipelines, signal quality, and tooling that shortens incident investigations

Close "last mile" gaps between the network and the platform: integrate source-of-truth data, expose APIs, and build reliable automation around it

Own architecture and technical decisions for your area in APAC, and align them with the European teams

Collaborate closely with network engineers and SREs to turn real operational pain into product-quality tooling

Hire and onboard the first engineers in the region, set code quality and engineering standards, and mentor the team

We expect you to have:

7+ years of professional software engineering experience (or equivalent practical background), including experience as a tech lead or team lead with broad ownership

Strong coding skills and ownership mindset: you can ship and operate reliable services

Proficiency in Go or readiness to switch; Python is also welcome (other languages can be useful for OSS debugging/fixes)

Ability to work autonomously in an early-stage environment, make decisions with incomplete information, and build processes from scratch

Willingness to stay hands-on while leading and growing a team

You don't have to be a Network expert, but we expect you to have interest in infrastructure and/or network

It will be an added bonus if you have:

Background in networking (ex-network engineer, CCNP/education, DC networking exposure) or strong interest and proven ability to learn fast

Experience building automation/infra tooling: CI/CD, IaC, testing/staging environments, or "network-as-code" style workflows

Low-level networking / datapath experience: eBPF/XDP, DPDK, kernel networking, traffic processing systems

Experience designing high-load services and observability platforms (metrics/logs/traces, alerting, regression detection)

Contributions to open source or experience extending/debugging OSS components in production environments

Experience building an engineering team from scratch or launching a new engineering hub

We expect Engineers to:

Manage large-scale projects involving multiple stakeholders across regions

Break down complex tasks and guide both their own work and that of more junior colleagues

Be experts in specific technologies and write high-quality code that can serve as a reference

Assess task priority and focus on high-impact work, avoiding low-value efforts

Have strong architectural thinking and contribute to system design

Lead hiring in the region: define the profile, run interviews, and make hiring decisions

Share knowledge and mentor others

Benefits & Perks:

Competitive compensation

Career growth and learning opportunities

Flexibility and ownership

Collaborative and innovative culture

Opportunity to work on impactful AI projects

International environment and talented teams

What's it like to work at Nebius:

Fast moving - Bold thinking - Constant growth - Meaningful impact - Trust and real ownership - Opportunity to shape the future of AI 

Equal Opportunity Statement:

Nebius is an equal opportunity employer. We are committed to fostering an inclusive and diverse workplace and to providing equal employment opportunities in all aspects of employment. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex (including pregnancy), national origin, ancestry, age, disability, genetic information, marital status, veteran status, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, or any other characteristic protected by applicable law.

Applicants must be authorized to work in the country in which they apply and will be required to provide proof of employment eligibility as a condition of hire. 

If you need accommodations during the application process, please let us know.

Source: Nebius careers

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