The OpenShift Service Mesh team is looking for a motivated Principal Software Engineer to join and grow with us. As a member of our team, you will help improve and optimize Istio for use within our enterprise Kubernetes platform. Using your expertise, you will work with us and the Istio community to deliver features, enhancements, and bug fixes for the benefit of our customers and the broader community of Istio users.
We provide an enjoyable and engaging work environment, with the opportunity for you to collaborate with dynamic and diverse agile teams, working around the world to create value for our customers and partners in an open source way. This is a great opportunity to hone your skills while working with a wide range of languages, frameworks, and technologies. You will become a part of the culture that makes us unique in the industry and youll work with communities passionate about open source software.
Responsibilities
Collaborate with peers and the Istio community on the design and development of features, enhancements, and bug fixes within Istio
Mentor and coach junior team members, and work with cross functional teams across
Develop examples demonstrating features of Istio within OpenShift
Engage with our support team to help them resolve customer issues
Work with our documentation team to improve documentation related to the use of Istio within OpenShift
Interact with globally distributed open source project teams and communities inside and outside.
Requirements: 10+ years of experience in Software Development
7+ years experience working with cloud technologies like OpenShift, Kubernetes, Docker, and/or other cloud platforms
Knowledge of networking fundamentals and protocols such as TCP, TLS, HTTP, HTTPS, etc.
3+ years of experience programming with GO, with experience implementing controllers and/or operators in Kubernetes
Ability to proactively identify, address, and resolve issues with minimal supervision
Written and verbal English communication skills
Passion for open source software, a positive attitude, and a desire to share ideas openly
Experience contributing to an open source project/community is a plus.
This position is open to all candidates.