Software Technical leader - Classic Mesh / Traffic Gateways
Core
Design and scale innovative, secure systems for traffic gateways and routing in a distributed infrastructure platform.
Role type
Senior IC software technical leader (traffic gateways)
Builds
Traffic gateways, routing proxies, and control planes for Mercado Libre's e-commerce and financial services
Domain
Cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, service mesh
Required skills
Java, Go, Envoy, gRPC, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Istio, Nginx, C++, Bazel, distroless images, TLS, HTTP/HTTPS, load balancing, service mesh, traffic policies, site reliability engineering, observability, incident response, code review, architecture design
Preferred skills
Legacy modernization, multi-architecture support, infrastructure as code, gradual deployment strategies, shadow mode operations
Technologies
Envoy, Istio, Fury, Kubernetes, AWS, GCP, Java, Go, C++, Bazel, Nginx
Responsibilities
Lead technical evolution of Classic Mesh to Traffic Gateways; reduce technical debt in control plane components; ensure reliability of xDS and Envoy proxies; guide proxy lifecycle from code to deployment; execute gateway transfer plans; elevate team standards and conduct post-incident analysis; act as technical reference for traffic layer consumers
Seniority
Senior, hands-on IC
