Confidential (Registered Users Only)’s Service Networking team connects and secures the services behind our platform across our data centers and cloud infrastructure.
As a Principal Software Engineer on Service Networking, you will set technical direction and lead hands-on development of the systems that make service-to-service communication reliable, secure, and efficient. You will guide the evolution of our Envoy- and Istio-based platform as services move across Kubernetes, Nomad, and cloud environments. You will partner with Compute, Security, and application teams, and help senior engineers lead complex technical work.
You will:
- Set the technical strategy and roadmap for service mesh, balancing reliability, security, performance, and operating cost.
- Design and build control-plane and data-plane capabilities for service discovery, routing, load balancing, and traffic policy using Envoy, Istio, and related technologies.
- Lead integration and migration across Kubernetes, Nomad, and cloud environments, with clear compatibility requirements and safe rollout plans.
- Partner with Security and application teams to deliver workload identity, mutual TLS, and traffic policy enforcement in production.
- Improve resource efficiency and operational reliability through performance analysis, testing, observability, incident response, and deployment automation.
- Lead technical decisions across teams, write and review production code, and mentor senior engineers to expand their judgment and ownership.
You have:
- 8+ years of software engineering experience building and operating large-scale distributed systems, including leading substantial initiatives across teams.
- Expertise in service mesh, proxies, application gateways, or a closely related infrastructure domain, demonstrated through systems you have designed, shipped, and operated.
- A strong understanding of networking fundamentals, service discovery, traffic management, failure isolation, and secure service communication.
- Strong programming skills in Go, C++, Rust, or another systems language, with experience debugging across application, proxy, control-plane, and operating-system boundaries.
- Experience operating Kubernetes or comparable orchestration platforms in production and leading infrastructure migrations or performance improvements. Envoy/Istio internals, xDS, workload identity, and substantive open-source contributions are especially relevant.
- A record of turning ambiguous problems into technical direction and coordinated execution, communicating tradeoffs clearly, and helping other engineers lead independently.
You’ll Love:
- Industry-leading compensation package
- Excellent medical, dental, and vision coverage
- A rewarding 401k program
- Flexible vacation policy
- Roflex - Flexible and supportive work policy
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- At Confidential (Registered Users Only) HQ:
- Free catered lunches five times a week and several fully stocked kitchens with unlimited snacks
- Onsite fitness center and fitness program credit
- Annual CalTrain Go Pass