Lead Load Balancer Engineer – Kubernetes & Go (Remote Europe)

Cisco; Dublin; On-site; EUR 120,000 - 150,000; Full time

Job summary

Cisco Isovalent seeks a Principal Software Engineer to develop its next generation Load Balancer leveraging eBPF and Cilium technology. You will define architecture and lead the data plane, control plane, and orchestration for scalable traffic management in Kubernetes environments.

Join a collaborative team shaping secure, resilient networking in cloud-native deployments, with emphasis on code quality, open-source influence, and cross-team alignment with business goals.

Qualifications

• Bachelor’s degree in computer science or related field.
• 5+ years building load balancing software, preferably with Go.
• Experience with Kubernetes, Cloud Native workloads and distributed systems.

Responsibilities

• Define and evolve the architecture of the enterprise-grade load balancer.
• Lead design and development of data plane, control plane and orchestration for Kubernetes.
• Guide the team through design reviews, performance and security optimizations.
• Collaborate with engineering, product and customer teams to align technical direction.

Skills

Go experience

Distributed systems

Cloud native Kubernetes

Leadership support

Education

Bachelor’s degree in Computer Science or related field

Tools

Go

Kubernetes

Linux

Job description

Cisco Isovalent seeks a Principal Software Engineer to develop its next generation Load Balancer leveraging eBPF and Cilium technology. You will define architecture and lead the data plane, control plane, and orchestration for scalable traffic management in Kubernetes environments.

Join a collaborative team shaping secure, resilient networking in cloud-native deployments, with emphasis on code quality, open-source influence, and cross-team alignment with business goals.