Engineer III, Smart Switch Software Development

NETGEAR, Inc.

Job Overview

Location

Bengaluru, India

Job Type

Full-time

Full Job Description

📋 Description

• Develop and maintain embedded Linux firmware for NETGEAR's smart switch product families — working across user-space applications, cloud integration agents, configuration management, and web-based management interfaces.
• Focus on the application and integration layers of the firmware stack: system daemons, CLI, cloud agent, web UI backend, and the configuration subsystem that ties everything together.
• Work on production firmware that ships to customers worldwide and collaborate daily with the various engineering teams.
• Value engineers who actively use AI coding agents in their daily work — not just as autocomplete, but as collaborative tools for code generation, debugging, and accelerating feature delivery.
• Familiarity with agentic engineering practices is a strong plus.
• This is an excellent role for a mid-career embedded or systems engineer who wants to deepen their expertise in networking firmware while taking ownership of meaningful features end-to-end.
• Develop and maintain user-space daemons and services (process management, event handling, polling, monitoring, file synchronization) that form the runtime environment of the switch firmware.
• Work on the Insight cloud agent subsystem — CloudAgent, ConfigAgent, DiscoveryAgent — including REST API handlers, device-to-cloud communication, SSL/TLS integration, and the Network Abstraction Layer (NAL) that bridges cloud commands to hardware operations.
• Enhance and maintain the Cisco IOS-style CLI framework and the configuration database engine that manages startup-config and running-config.
• Implement new CLI commands for features and ensure configuration persistence and consistency.
• Develop and maintain the web-based management interface (JavaScript, HTML/CSS) for switch configuration and monitoring.
• Work on both the legacy jQuery-based UI and the newer Bootstrap-based UI.
• Implement and maintain SNMP MIB support (v1/v2c/v3) for network management system integration.
• Write test cases, perform firmware validation on physical switch hardware, and debug issues using serial console, SSH debug shell, packet captures, and log analysis.
• Contribute to building the team's test automation capabilities.
• Work with the various engineering teams across time zones.
• Participate in code reviews, sprint planning, and technical discussions.
• Document your work clearly for the distributed team.
• Use AI coding agents (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot) as part of your daily workflow to accelerate coding, debugging, and documentation tasks.

🎯 Requirements

• B.Tech/B.E or M.Tech/M.E in Computer Science, Electronics, or a related field
• 4–7 years of professional experience in embedded or systems software development
• Proficiency in C programming on Linux (user-space applications, shared libraries, IPC mechanisms — sockets, shared memory, signals)
• Working knowledge of networking fundamentals — TCP/IP, VLANs, Ethernet, ARP, DHCP; ability to use Wireshark or tcpdump for packet-level debugging
• Experience with at least one of: REST API development in C, embedded HTTP servers, or SSL/TLS integration
• Familiarity with JavaScript, HTML, and CSS for web-based interfaces (does not need to be primary skill)
• Experience with GNU Make build systems and cross-compilation for embedded targets (ARM or MIPS)
• Comfortable working with Git (branching, merging, submodules) in a multi-developer environment
• Active use of AI coding assistants or AI agents (e.g., Claude Code, Cursor, GitHub Copilot, Cline) in daily development work to improve productivity

🏖️ Benefits

• Competitive salary
• Comprehensive benefits package
• Opportunities for career growth and professional development
• Collaborative and dynamic work environment
• Recognition and rewards for outstanding performance
• Access to cutting-edge technology and tools
• Flexible work arrangements and work-life balance

Skills & Technologies

JavaScript

Docker

GitHub

Git

Linux

Remote

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About NETGEAR, Inc.

NETGEAR, Inc. designs and markets networking hardware for consumers, businesses, and service providers. The product line includes Wi-Fi routers, mesh systems, switches, and network-attached storage. Founded in 1996 in California, the company focuses on reliable connectivity, security, and remote management. NETGEAR sells through retail, e-commerce, and direct channels worldwide, addressing home networking, ProAV, and small-to-medium business segments.

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