Skills

Communication Leadership Rust Networking Attention to detail Machine Learning Programming Organization C++

Job Specifications

Sr. Software Engineer (C++), Traffic Infrastructure

Duration - 6 Months

Job Overview

The role is a remote Software Engineer position within the Traffic Ingress team responsible for handling all incoming traffic at the software level. The engineer will work primarily on coding and executing well-defined projects, with a focus on traffic routing, proxy technologies, and reliability. The position is not a leadership or full architectural role but may contribute ideas to design discussions.

Required Skills -

Programming Languages: C++ (primary), Rust (optional/plus)

Traffic Management & Proxy Experience: Core: ATS, Envoy (migrating from ATS to Envoy)

Additional (optional): HAProxy, Cloudflare, general L4/L7 proxy understanding

Networking/Traffic Routing Knowledge: Domain knowledge of network stack, cookie handling, and traffic routing logic

Experience with high-traffic systems (millions of QPS) is highly preferred

Ability to take a spec/project and deliver results independently

High attention to detail due to criticality of traffic handling

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related technical discipline

Experience or mindset of a reliability engineer, ensuring code changes do not cause service incidents

Preferred Skills -

Contribution to open-source projects related to routing/proxy technologies

Experience with service migrations (ATS → Envoy)

Understanding of large-scale distributed systems

Strong communication skills for team collaboration, although minimal cross-team collaboration is expected for this role

Optional familiarity with machine learning platforms is not necessary

A reasonable, good faith estimate of the minimum and maximum for this position is $71/hr. on W2

Benefits will also be available at the following link: Harvey Nash Benefits

About us:

Harvey Nash is a national, full-service talent management firm specializing in technology positions. Our company was founded with a mission to serve as the talent partner of choice for the information technology industry. Our company vision has led us to incredible growth and success in a relatively short period of time and continues to guide us today. We are committed to operating with the highest possible standards of honesty, integrity, and a passionate commitment to our clients, consultants, and employees. We are part of Nash Squared Group, a global professional services organization with over forty offices worldwide.

For more information, please visit us at https://www.harveynashusa.com/

About the Company

We’re Harvey Nash, and we build amazing technology and digital teams. From senior appointments through to recruitment and project solutions, we are experts in the tech sector. Established in 1988, we have helped over half the world’s leading companies recruit, retain, source and manage the highly skilled tech talent they need to succeed in an increasingly competitive, global and technology driven world. With over 3.300 staff in more than 49 offices across Europe, Asia-Pacific and the U.S and Canada, we have built a rep... Know more