About the Role
The team seeks an experienced software engineer to design and implement networking features for a Kubernetes-based platform, contributing to core components that enable secure, high-performance communication across distributed systems.
Responsibilities
- Develop and maintain core networking functionalities for containerized environments
- Design scalable network architectures for distributed applications
- Collaborate on the implementation of service mesh and network policy features
- Improve observability and diagnostics for network traffic
- Contribute to the integration of CNI plugins with orchestration systems
- Optimize network performance across hybrid cloud deployments
- Support secure communication between microservices
- Work on DNS and load balancing components for container platforms
- Troubleshoot complex networking issues in production environments
- Participate in code reviews and system design discussions
- Engage with upstream open source communities
- Write automated tests for networking subsystems
- Document technical designs and implementation details
- Ensure compatibility across multiple infrastructure providers
- Enhance network security features and encryption protocols
- Collaborate with cross-functional teams on feature delivery
- Contribute to release planning and milestone tracking
- Respond to critical customer-reported network defects
- Evaluate new networking technologies and protocols
- Support global engineering and support teams
Nice to Have
- Master's degree in computer science or engineering
- Experience with eBPF or XDP technologies
- Contributions to Kubernetes or related projects
- Work on network policy enforcement systems
- Involvement in upstream open source communities
- Knowledge of load balancing implementations
- Experience with multi-cluster networking
- Understanding of zero-trust networking models
- Background in performance tuning of network stacks
- Familiarity with IPv6 deployment challenges
Compensation
Competitive salary based on experience and location
Work Arrangement
Hybrid work model with flexibility for remote collaboration
Team
Part of a global engineering team focused on container platform networking
About the Team
This role is part of a distributed team building foundational networking layers for container platforms, working closely with upstream communities and contributing to core open source projects that power modern cloud-native infrastructure.
What We Value
We prioritize technical excellence, collaboration, and a commitment to open source principles. Candidates should demonstrate initiative, strong problem-solving skills, and a passion for building reliable, scalable systems.
Sponsorship may be available for qualified candidates
