Senior Software Engineer Go - WAF

Senior Software Engineer Go, WAF – Isovalent

We are seeking a skilled and experienced Software Engineer to develop a Go-based control plane within Kubernetes, with a focus on traffic security. The role involves building and enhancing a Kubernetes-native control plane to provide seamless management of our eBPF datapath, enabling secure traffic management in cloud and hybrid enterprise environments.

• Design and develop a Go-based control plane managing our enterprise-grade traffic security engine.
• Develop APIs, tools, and custom resources to streamline secure traffic management, scaling, and failover within Kubernetes environments.
• Debug, troubleshoot, and resolve performance, reliability, and security issues in the control and dataplane.
• Participate in code reviews, architectural discussions, and contribute to technical documentation.

• Bachelors Computer Science degree, or related fields
• 5+ years of experience in Go
• Experience with Kubernetes, Cloud Native workloads and/or distributed systems
• Experience developing and operating traffic security solutions like WAF, IDS/IPS

• Knowledge about Linux systems design, security and/or networking, Linux kernel
• Desire to write high quality and efficient code
• Experience designing and implementing APIs
• A public track record of open-source code commits is a plus