Software Engineer II, Service Network (Service Mesh)

TL;DR

Software Engineer II (Service Mesh/Kubernetes): Designing and operating scalable service-to-service networking infrastructure for Slack with an accent on service discovery, traffic routing, and security. Focus on improving platform reliability, implementing mTLS, and optimizing Envoy-based service mesh capabilities.

Location: Must be based in Herndon or Mclean, Virginia. U.S. Citizenship required; no visa sponsorship available.

Company

hirify.global (Slack) provides a leading collaboration platform for over 14 million daily active users worldwide.

What you will do

• Design, develop, and operate scalable and secure service mesh infrastructure for service-to-service communication.
• Implement service discovery, observability, traffic routing, and security features such as mTLS and policy enforcement.
• Troubleshoot production issues across distributed systems, Kubernetes environments, and Linux-based infrastructure.
• Enhance platform reliability and operational efficiency through automation and tooling.
• Contribute to internal tools and open-source technologies like Envoy.
• Support incident response and maintain platform availability and service-level objectives (SLOs).

Requirements

• U.S. Citizenship is required; no visa sponsorship available.
• 4+ years of experience in software, infrastructure, or site reliability engineering.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes and cloud platforms such as AWS or GCP.
• Experience with distributed systems, microservices, or cloud-native applications.
• Proficiency in Go, Python, Ruby, or C/C++.
• Strong knowledge of TCP/IP, DNS, and Linux/Unix operating systems at scale.