Senior Engineer Software Development, I
- Level
- Senior
- Work type
- On-site · Chennai
Not stated in the posting: salary, visa.
Open. First seen 2 October 2026.
About the role
Responsibilities
The Pro Routing (PRX) team is responsible for the design, development, integration, and maintenance of enterprise-grade routing and WAN technologies across NETGEAR’s professional and managed networking products. The team ensures reliable, scalable, and secure routing solutions for SMB and Pro customers.
The PRX team focuses on Layer 3 networking, WAN connectivity, and traffic steering, including but not limited to:
- Design and development of routing features (IPv4/IPv6)
- Implementation and maintenance of:
- Static routing
- Policy-based routing (PBR)
- Multi-WAN, failover, and load-balancing
- Dynamic routing protocols (as applicable)
- WAN technologies:
- DHCP client/server/relay
- PPPoE
- NAT / NAPT
- Firewall interaction and routing policies
- Dual WAN
- High availability and resiliency:
- Link health monitoring
- Failover logic
- Recovery and stability tuning
- Performance and scalability optimization
- Integration with platform services, UI, and cloud management where applicable
Qualification
- Bachelor’s degree in computer science (or related field)
- 9-12 years of relevant work experience
Skills Required
- Strong C Programming Skills
- Embedded Linux exposure / Linux networking Stack
- Networking protocols TCP/IP, VPN, NAT, Firewall Exposure
- Netfilter / iptables / nftables
- Routing tables, policy rules, metrics
- Traffic classification and marking
- System diagnostics and packet analysis
- Standards compliance (RFCs related to routing, DHCP, IP, ICMP)
- Linux VPNs & cryptography basics
- DNS, NAT, firewall interactions
- Debugging encrypted traffic paths
NETGEAR's standard text
Company Statement
At NETGEAR, we are on a mission to unleash the full potential of connectivity with intelligent solutions that delight and protect. We turn ideas into innovative networking products that connect people, power businesses, and advance the way we live.
We're a performance-driven, talented and connected team that's committed to delivering world-class products for our customers. As a company, we value our employees as the most essential building blocks of our success. And as teammates, we commit to taking our work to the Next Gear by living our values: we Dare to Transform the future, Connect and Delight our customers, Communicate Courageously with each other and collaborate to Win It Together. You’ll find our values woven through our processes, present in our decisions, and celebrated throughout our culture.
We strive to attract top talent and create a great workplace where people feel engaged, inspired, challenged, proud and respected. If you are creative, forward-thinking, passionate about technology and are looking for a rewarding career to make an impact, then you've got what it takes to succeed at NETGEAR. Join our network and help us shape the future of connectivity.
NETGEAR hires based on merit. All qualified applicants will receive equal consideration for employment. All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.
What this role asks for
49% of this description is written for the role. The rest is NETGEAR's standard text, folded away below.
Read against NETGEAR's other open postings on this site.
The team: Software Engineering - India HIRES STEADILY
This role is one of 18 open in Software Engineering - India. 6 were posted in the last 30 days and the oldest in March: a team that hires all year rather than one being built.
WHAT THE TEAM WORKS WITH, ACROSS ITS POSTINGS
Networking (14 of 18), Embedded Systems (10 of 18), Cisco (9 of 18), CI/CD (8 of 18), Docker (7 of 18), Linux (6 of 18), Python (6 of 18)
OTHER ROLES ON THIS TEAM
- Engineer II, System validation Test - Insight QA posted Oct 14
- Senior Engineer I, Software Development - Insight QA posted Oct 14
- Engineer II ,Software Development posted Oct 9
- Sr Engineer II, Software Development - Switch posted Oct 6
- Senior Engineer I, Software Development - Insight posted Sep 29
- Staff Engineer I - Software Development Insight posted Sep 25
- Engineer III, System Validation Test posted Sep 3
- Engineer III, Software Development - Insight posted Aug 28
- Senior Engineer II, Software Development - Insight posted Aug 28
- Staff Engineer II - Software Development - Insight posted Aug 28
- Engineer III, Software Development - Smart Switch-QA posted Aug 27
- Senior Engineer I, Smart Switch Software Development posted Aug 7
- Engineer III, Smart Switch Software Development posted Aug 7
- Sr QA Engineer posted Jun 22
- Staff Engineer II - Software Development posted May 25
- Senior Engineer II, Software Development posted Apr 16
- Manager Software Development posted Apr 10
From the team and dates on NETGEAR's own job board.
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