Staff Software Engineer - Traffic
Core
Design and write services, control planes, and self-service tooling for API gateways, service mesh, CDN, and ingress/egress layers to power Procore's global traffic infrastructure.
Role type
Staff Software Engineer (Traffic/Infrastructure)
Builds
Production-grade traffic management services, control-plane APIs, Kubernetes operators, and self-service developer tooling.
Domain
Cloud-native infrastructure, networking, and distributed systems
Required skills
Go, TypeScript, Kubernetes, Envoy Gateway/Istio/Kong, CI/CD, observability, policy-as-code, mTLS/DNS, AI-assisted development
Preferred skills
Security certifications (CKS, AWS Security), identity federation, STIG/CIS benchmark enforcement
Technologies
Go, TypeScript, Envoy, Istio, Kong, Cloudflare, Kubernetes, OPA/Gatekeeper, Kyverno
Responsibilities
Set technical direction for traffic initiatives and migration strategies; design and build scalable ingress/egress infrastructure; own testing strategy and CI/CD quality gates; mentor distributed engineering teams; serve as escalation point for production incidents.
Seniority
Staff, hands-on IC with technical leadership
