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Bumble is seeking a Network Engineer to maintain a stable, predictable, controllable, and secure network. This role will be based in London, reporting to the Senior Infrastructure Manager, Data Centre.
Job Responsibility:
Support and evolve Bumble’s global network infrastructure across multiple data centres and offices, including diagnostics of network subsystems within Linux servers (primarily CentOS/RHEL)
Improve network reliability and operational efficiency through configuration management, automation, and continuous optimisation of BAU tasks
Contribute to the design, implementation, and operation of cloud networking as we migrate a significant portion of our workloads into cloud environments
Collaborate closely with Systems Engineering and SRE teams, sharing networking expertise, participating in design reviews, and shaping resilient, secure platform architectures
Manage relationships with global service providers, including IP transit operators, to ensure optimal performance, availability, and accountability
Own IP address management, including subnet allocation, VLAN design, and maintaining accurate documentation
Strengthen Bumble’s security posture by contributing to perimeter defence, segmentation strategy, and proactive threat prevention
Participate in the on-call rota to maintain platform availability and support timely incident response
Requirements:
3+ years of hands-on Linux systems engineering experience (preferably rpm-based distributions such as RHEL or CentOS)
Strong diagnostic and troubleshooting skills spanning application performance, traffic-delivery issues, and complex multi-layer networking challenges
Deep understanding of networking across L1–L4 and L7, including copper/optics, Ethernet, and static/dynamic routing
Production experience with IS-IS and BGP (OSPF familiarity beneficial)
Extensive hands-on experience with Juniper MX, SRX, and QFX devices
Practical experience implementing and supporting EVPN-VXLAN architectures
Strong background in load balancing (CARP, IPVS, userspace, or enterprise solutions) and packet filtering
Experience building and supporting cloud networking architectures (VPC structures, virtual routing, firewalling, hybrid connectivity, etc.)
Proficiency with 802.1X, 802.1Q, and bonding/teaming at both the server and network hardware layers
Strong diagnostic capabilities with IPv4, ICMP, TCP, UDP, DHCP, and DNS (IPv6 is a plus)
Ability to perform end-to-end troubleshooting—from switch ports and optical links down to Linux kernel networking, NIC behaviour, iptables/nftables, and iproute2
Experience designing or operating DDoS mitigation strategies
Proven effectiveness working within cross-functional engineering teams
Experience supporting a segmented, heterogeneous network environment (300+ dataports)
Solid understanding of information security principles with the ability to balance practicality and protection
Nice to have:
Experience working with CDNs and high-traffic systems
Familiarity with network automation and infrastructure-as-code tooling (Terraform, Ansible, or similar)
Exposure to network telemetry, observability systems, or flow-analysis platforms
Experience designing or deploying IPv6 at scale
Background in collaborating within SRE or platform engineering environments