Prpl / OpenWRT Specialist

Role : Prpl / OpenWRT Specialist

Experience : 5 - 12 Years

Location : Chennai / Bangalore / Trivandrum

Key Responsibilities :

• Develop, integrate, and maintain networking stacks using OpenWRT / PrplOS for CPE and broadband gateway devices including Wi-Fi, Low-Level APIs and SoC integration.
• Customize and optimize OpenWRT builds for target hardware platforms (e.g., MIPS / ARM-based SoCs).
• Implement and test Prpl Foundation initiatives, including PrplOS, PrplMesh, PrplSecurity, and containerization support.
• Driving technical discussions with customers by interfacing with silicon vendors, ODMs, and other technology partners for BSP integration and feature enablement.
• Contribute to architecture and system design discussions for scalable and modular firmware.
• Lead or support feature development, bug fixing, and performance tuning across multiple networking layers (e.g., Wi-Fi, Ethernet, routing, firewall, TR-069 / TR-369).
• Participate in open-source communities, contribute patches, and ensure compliance with licensing (e.g., GPL, BSD).
• Manage project environments including build, review and debugging, configuration management, and CI / CD pipelines for firmware release cycles.
• Understanding project requirements and breaking it down to tasks and sub tasks
• Assign tasks to team members, track and monitor progress, perform code reviews and mentor junior team members.
• Lead teams, drive scrum meetings and enable team to be productive

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