NetBox Labs is seeking a Software Engineer to join our Observability Team. Observability is a key component of network automation and assurance, critical to our company mission to make it easier to build and manage complex networks.
In this role you will be responsible for:
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Building and extending the Discovery & Assurance suite of products, focusing on the Assurance NetBox plugins.
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Delivering both closed and open source software.
You will work closely with:
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Product management – to bring ideas to life and deliver a compelling user experience
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The Core Applications Engineering team – to create the ultimate observability tooling within NetBox
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The Platform Engineering team – to ensure seamless integration with NetBox Cloud and Enterprise
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Community members as users and contributors to the project
It would be fantastic if you have the following background:
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Extensive experience in Python and Django.
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Skilled in building microservices, distributed systems, and event-driven architecture.
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Proficient in Golang and gRPC.
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Knowledge of observability, monitoring and instrumentation, such as OpenTelemetry and MQTT
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Solid understanding of network infrastructure and related concepts, such as devices and device configurations, networking protocols and layers, and network automation with ansible
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Experience in building intuitive admin UI’s using HTML, CSS, and frameworks like Bootstrap, as well as some experience with HTMX.
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3+ years of experience working in a fast paced, SaaS startup environment
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Great communication skills, including the ability to write technical specifications with diagrams
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Involvement with open source projects as a founder, maintainer or key contributor
It would be nice if you have:
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Experience with AI technologies like Claude, Codeium, Copilot and Cursor
Comp and benefits:
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Competitive compensation package
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Meaningful, early employee Series A equity
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Top of market medical, dental, and vision insurance
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401k employer contribution, regardless of employee contribution
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Flexible, unlimited PTO
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Generous parental leave
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Choice of tech – choose your laptop when you join
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Global team offsites
Our culture and values:
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We own and solve problems with an innovative mindset and high attention to detail. We are always striving for improvements in our platform and methodologies.
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We put our community first and support our colleagues by sharing our knowledge and providing constructive feedback.
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We value simplicity and focus and think twice before adding complexity.
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Given we are a remote-first team located all over the world, we value strong communication skills and an open, transparent culture. We use Google Apps, Slack, Zoom and Notion to collaborate in real time and work asynchronously. We also get together during the year at company events, plus at industry conferences, and meetups.
About NetBox Labs:
NetBox Labs helps companies build and manage complex networks. We help customers accelerate network automation by delivering open, composable products and supporting the network automation community.
NetBox Labs is the commercial steward of open source NetBox, the world’s most popular network source of truth, and Orb, the next-generation open source network observability platform. Our products include NetBox Enterprise, a fully supported self-managed NetBox with advanced features, and NetBox Cloud, a secure, scalable, and reliable SaaS edition of NetBox.
NetBox powers thousands of companies, and NetBox Labs is backed by investment from Notable Capital (formerly GGV), Grafana Labs CEO Raj Dutt, Flybridge, IBM, Salesforce Ventures, and Mango Capital.
