Senior Software Engineer - Kubernetes / Distributed Systems

Open to applicants in US, CA, BR “US” “Canada”

Pay Not stated

Experience Not stated

Visa sponsorship Not stated

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Time zones CET

What the posting tells you

• Ownership · The hire will own specific features, components or decisions. “This is a hands‑on role with significant architectural ownership on a small engineering team.”
• Specific responsibilities · Some concrete projects, systems or problems the hire will work on. “Relevant experience may include Kubernetes APIs, controllers/operators, CRDs, reconciliation systems, distributed systems/control-plane engineering, Go and/or R…”
• Transparency · Two of pay, hiring process or team are described. “Buoyant is the company behind Linkerd, the CNCF-graduated service mesh for Kubernetes. We’re a small, fully remote engineering team building a new cloud-native …”
• Stated working conditions · Several working conditions are stated. “Location: Remote – US, Canada, South America, or Europe with Central European Time-compatible working hours.”
• Open to adjacent experience · Some requirements are marked as optional or nice to have. “Relevant experience may include Kubernetes APIs, controllers/operators, CRDs, reconciliation systems, distributed systems/control-plane engineering, Go and/or R…”

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Original text

Buoyant | Senior Software Engineer – Kubernetes / Distributed Systems | REMOTE – US / Canada / Brazil / Europe (CET-compatible) | Full-timeBuoyant is the company behind Linkerd, the CNCF-graduated service mesh for Kubernetes. We’re a small, fully remote engineering team building a new cloud-native infrastructure product.We’re looking for a senior, self-directed engineer who has built production infrastructure software and is comfortable working deep in the Kubernetes ecosystem.Relevant experience may include Kubernetes APIs, controllers/operators, CRDs, reconciliation systems, distributed systems/control-plane engineering, Go and/or Rust, gRPC, networking, service mesh, security, identity, or other cloud infrastructure.This is a hands‑on role with significant architectural ownership on a small engineering team.Location: Remote – US, Canada, South America, or Europe with Central European Time-compatible working hours.