Senior Software Engineer, Cloud Networking

Skills

About the Role

Lead technical strategy for platform networking, design resilient Istio service meshes, define HTTP and gRPC standards, build Python and Go automation, maintain Terraform infrastructure, partner on secure platform solutions, and mentor senior engineers.

Requirements

• Experience with AWS network communication fundamentals, including VPCs, subnets, routing, security groups, load balancers, PrivateLink, NAT, and DNS.
• Strong understanding of Kubernetes and AWS EKS operations at scale.
• Strong understanding of HTTP/REST and gRPC protocol fundamentals.
• Strong understanding of Istio service mesh; Envoy experience is a strong plus.
• Traffic troubleshooting skills across L3-L7, including packet capture and analysis, telemetry, DNS, TLS, mTLS, and routing policies.
• Strong Python and Golang programming skills.
• Experience with Terraform and Infrastructure as Code best practices.
• Strong leadership skills for end-to-end project delivery, stakeholder alignment, and communication.

Responsibilities

• Lead technical strategy and execution for platform networking, traffic management, and service-to-service communication across multi-tenant and multi-cluster EKS environments.
• Design and operate resilient Istio service mesh topologies, including mTLS, traffic policies, ingress and egress, rate limiting, observability, and Envoy-based extensions.
• Define and implement platform standards for HTTP/REST and gRPC APIs, including versioning, contract governance, and performance baselines.
• Build automation, tooling, and paved roads in Python and Go to improve developer productivity, operational safety, and release velocity.
• Create and maintain Terraform-based Infrastructure as Code modules, pipelines, and guardrails.
• Partner with security, networking, and application teams on identity, encryption, zero-downtime migrations, and incident readiness.
• Drive roadmaps, set success metrics, de-risk complex projects, communicate tradeoffs, and mentor senior engineers.

Benefits

• Performance-driven compensation with bonus programs
• Equity ownership
• Supplemental health insurance
• Ancillary insurance
• Mental health support programs
• Employer-paid lifestyle wallet for wellness, childcare, learning, and other expenses
• Company holidays
• Paid time off
• Sick time
• Paid volunteer time off
• Parental leave
• Catered meals
• Monthly commuter stipend