Ecosystem Lead, P4 (Contractor)

We are looking for an individual to promote, nurture, and grow the P4 ecosystem, helping the community advance the underlying technologies, and helping drive adoption by onboarding new collaborators through education, training, and community engagement.

This is a technical role, ideal for an individual from a hands-on software engineering background in networking who wants to move into a community-facing role leveraging their deep technical skills.

Responsibilities:

• Identifying strategies to drive adoption of P4 in industry, working closely with P4 members and other stakeholders

• Driving evolution of the P4 specifications and software, working closely with the P4 TST and Working Groups

• Growing the P4 community by organizing events, including workshops, developer training, etc. 

• Recruiting new project members and helping align P4's work with their goals 

• Encouraging community members to take on leadership roles in the P4 project

• Writing and publishing content to explain and promote the P4 language

• Managing the project budget, working closely with the P4 Governing Board

• Coordinating with LF staff on project management

Travel: up to 10%