Role description:

• Seeking highly skilled R&D architect and systems engineer to contribute to analysis and specifications of features and components of our Network Management and Control Systems.
• Working in a team of Optical and Telecommunications domain experts supporting a team of >100 SW developers and testers
• Working an agile Scrum setup for SW development
• Customer focused mindset, adaptable and ability to drive engagement and collaboration with key Services Practices and Business partners

Key skills and experiences:

• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in Telecommunications/Electrical engineering or Computer Science with >10y or Experience in the TelCo domain
• Requirements Engineering: You can define and refine both functional and non-functional requirements to ensure clear product goals.
• Translate complex technical insights into clear, actionable business requirements for internal teams and stakeholders
• Guide and engage with cross-functional teams, ensuring high-quality and timely solution delivery
• Restful API definition: strong knowledge on OpenAPI, gRPC and general API best practices
• Systems Thinking & Detail Orientation: You can see the big picture and pay attention to the details, ensuring complex systems are built with precision and reliability.
• Communication & Leadership: You are an excellent communicator, able to deliver presentations and detailed specifications. You are fluent in English and have a collaborative approach
• Standardization: You should be able to follow up with and contribute to standardization (ONF, MEF, TMF, IETF)
• Kubernetes/Containerization: You deeply understand container technology and Kubernetes, including building API extensions to manage complex applications.
• Distributed Systems: You have 10+ years of experience architecting and scaling resilient, high-performance distributed systems, ideally in observability or data-driven products.
• Backend Development: You are skilled in Golang for building scalable, efficient backends for large-scale data processing.
• Cloud-Native & DevOps: You have a foundation in cloud-native and DevOps practices, including CI/CD, infrastructure as code, system reliability, root cause analysis, and performance optimization.
• Cloud Engineering: You have cloud engineering skills with experience deploying in both on-prem and public cloud environments.

“This position requires direct or indirect access to certain confidential information, hardware, software, technology, or technical information (referred to here as “Export-Controlled Information”) controlled under the U.S. International Traffic in Arms Regulations (ITAR) and/or the U.S. Export Administration Regulations (EAR). All personnel in this position must be eligible to or be able to obtain authorization from the appropriate agency to access applicable Export-Controlled Information. The U.S. Department of Commerce currently requires a foreign person with a most recent citizenship or permanent residency of Sudan, Ukraine, or a country currently designated in Country Group D:1, E:1 or E:2 (Supplement No. 1 to Part 740, Title 15) to have an export control license to access our Export-Controlled Information, unless they meet certain exemptions provided under U.S. export control laws and regulations. The list of applicable countries in Country Group D:1, E:1 or E:2 may be updated by the U.S. government from time to time. The current processing time for an export control license is approximately 4 to 6 months.

Your employment or engagement with Infinera shall be contingent on verifying your eligibility or requirement for obtaining a necessary license and/or authorization from the appropriate agency. You will be required to provide certain information for export control compliance assessment purposes, and your information will be reviewed by Infinera's hiring and export control teams to ensure compliance with the U.S. export control laws and regulations. Infinera will collect necessary documents (such as proof of citizenship etc.) to assess license/authorization requirements if you are offered and accept the position.”

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