Software Engineer, Networking & Linux Systems at Avride
Austin, TX
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Aug 5, 2026
Austin, TX
Sep 24, 2026
What this job asks for AI summary
This on-site Austin role owns the networking and systems software foundation for a fleet of autonomous vehicles and delivery robots. Day-to-day work spans writing Go and Python daemons for cellular bonding and failover, tuning Linux networking parameters for low-latency high-throughput performance, configuring automotive Ethernet and TSN switches, and implementing PTP/gPTP time synchronization — all the way down to hardware bring-up and driver debugging on x86_64 and ARM64 platforms.
Senior level · Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX · Full-time
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How this req sits in the market our data
Roughly 90 people in the Austin-Round Rock-Georgetown, TX area plausibly meet what this posting asks for (software developers). range 25–160
Applicant volume Moderate — A normal amount of company. The rare requirements below are what will separate a shortlisted application from the rest.
Rare in this occupation — lead with these, and say what you built with them.
Most people in this occupation already list these. Still required — just not what gets you shortlisted.
What the occupation pays Median $137,069 (middle half $106,287–$172,440).
Estimated from BLS employment for this occupation and area, per-skill prevalence across our listing corpus, and published wage benchmarks — as of Aug 6, 2026. It is a model, not a headcount.
Why we read it this way (7)
The role is a genuine hybrid of systems software development (writing Go/Python daemons, Linux performance tuning) and advanced network engineering (switch configuration, VLANs, PTP). SOC 15-1252 was chosen because the JD explicitly requires writing and maintaining system-level software and daemons; 15-1244 is a close runner-up given the depth of network operations work.
No overall years-of-experience figure is stated; the JD describes the level as 'roughly mid to senior' but the title and scope of ownership are clearly Senior.
C/C++ is listed as required for 'reading/understanding' for lower-level debugging — marked as a hard gate per its placement in the requirements section, but the bar is comprehension rather than active development.
nftables and iptables are listed together as alternatives for the firewalling requirement.
PTP and gPTP are treated as alternatives since they refer to the same synchronization protocol family (IEEE 1588 / IEEE 802.1AS); Automotive Ethernet and TSN are listed separately as they are distinct technologies.
No compensation range is stated in the posting.
The posting explicitly states no remote work and no relocation sponsorship; candidates must be US work-authorized.
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