Principal Software Engineer, Load Balancer - Isovalent
Core
Design and develop a standalone eBPF load balancer for scalable, secure, and resilient traffic management in cloud and hybrid enterprise Kubernetes environments.
Role type
Principal Software Engineer (Load Balancer)
Builds
Enterprise-grade standalone eBPF load balancer, data plane, control plane, and orchestration tools
Domain
Cloud native networking, security, and observability
Deliverable
production ML models | product features
Required skills
Load balancing software development, Go, Kubernetes, distributed systems, Linux systems design, API design
Preferred skills
Linux kernel knowledge, high-performance code optimization, open-source contributions
Technologies
eBPF, Cilium, Go, Kubernetes
Responsibilities
Define and evolve load balancer architecture, lead design and development of data/control planes, guide technical decisions and performance optimizations, collaborate across engineering and product teams
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic guidance