Senior Software Engineer - Kubernetes Platform Engineering, Service Mesh, Golang APIs

Responsibilities

• Ensure that the design and engineering approach for complex features are consistent with the larger portfolio solution.
• Conduct research, design prototyping and other exploration activities such as evaluating new toolsets and components for release management, CI/CD, features, etc.
• Help define the technology tool stack for the solution.
• Evaluate and adapt new testing tool/framework/practices for team(s).
• Kubernetes and OpenShift platform engineering.
• Golang API and microservices development.
• Service Mesh (Consul, Istio, Linkerd) enablement and automation.
• CI/CD and GitOps platforms (Tekton, ArgoCD).
• Platform onboarding and self-service automation.
• Observability, reliability, and platform resiliency.
• Accountable for end-to-end delivery of complex features, including automation, for either a single team or multiple teams, at the program level.
• Work with stakeholders to establish high-level solution needs and with architects for technical requirements.
• Lead the technical oversight for teams in solution development.

Requirements

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, cloud-native development, or distributed systems engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Golang (Go) with hands‑on experience building APIs, microservices, controllers, operators, and automation solutions.
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and/or Red Hat OpenShift (OCP) in enterprise production environments.
• Experience designing, deploying, and supporting cloud‑native applications and platform services.
• Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Tekton, Argo CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or similar platforms.
• Experience implementing and supporting GitOps‑based deployment models.
• Hands‑on experience with Service Mesh technologies such as Istio, Consul, Linkerd, or equivalent service networking solutions.
• Strong understanding of:
  • Microservices architecture
  • Distributed systems design
  • Container technologies (Docker/OCI)
  • API‑first development principles
  • Cloud‑native application patterns
  • Experience integrating enterprise services including: Identity & Access Management (IAM)
  • Secrets Management (Vault or equivalent)
  • Service Discovery
  • Security and Compliance controls
  • Platform onboarding workflows
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and troubleshooting tools such as:
  • Prometheus
  • Grafana
  • Dynatrace
  • OpenTelemetry
  • Elasticsearch/Splunk
  • Jaeger or distributed tracing platforms
• Strong problem‑solving, debugging, performance tuning, and root‑cause analysis skills.
• Experience working collaboratively with Platform Engineering, SRE, DevOps, Infrastructure, Security, and Application Development teams.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into practical solutions.
• Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and ability to deliver solutions in large‑scale enterprise environments.

Core Competencies

Demonstrates extensive experience in Golang API and microservices development, Kubernetes and OpenShift platform engineering, and CI/CD pipeline management. Proven ability to lead technical oversight and deliver complex features in cloud‑native environments while ensuring observability and platform resiliency.

Highest-signal resume keywords

• Golang API Development
• Kubernetes Platform Engineering
• CI/CD Pipeline Management
• Service Mesh Technologies
• Cloud-Native Application Design

Hard Skills

• Golang
• Microservices Architecture
• Distributed Systems Design
• Container Technologies
• API-First Development
• Cloud-Native Patterns
• CI/CD Tools
• Service Mesh
• Monitoring Tools
• Problem-Solving

Soft Skills

• Strong Communication
• Collaboration
• Ownership
• Accountability

Industry Keywords

• Cloud-Native Development
• Platform Engineering
• DevOps
• SRE
• Infrastructure

Tools & Technologies

• Kubernetes
• OpenShift
• Tekton
• Argo CD
• Prometheus
• Grafana
• Dynatrace
• Elasticsearch
• Vault
• Jaeger