Remote Linkerd Software Engineer – Kubernetes & Rust

BairesDev

United States

Remote

USD 120,000 - 180,000

Full time

6 days ago

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Benefits offered by this job

Remote work

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Flexible hours

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Holiday schedule

Mentorship & growth opportunities

Job summary

BairesDev is seeking a Software Engineer (Linkerd) to join our fully remote team. In this role you will deploy, configure, and maintain Linkerd service mesh across Kubernetes clusters, and optimize network performance for microservices using Rust-based proxies.

You will collaborate with platform and development teams to integrate Linkerd into CI/CD and GitOps workflows, implement mTLS and observability features, and contribute to internal tooling or open-source efforts.

Qualifications

4+ years in Software Engineering, DevOps, or Infrastructure.
Proven expertise in implementing and managing Linkerd service mesh across Kubernetes.
Advanced proficiency in Rust for networking performance.
Deep knowledge of Kubernetes networking, mTLS, and observability features.
Experience integrating service mesh into CI/CD and GitOps workflows.
Advanced proficiency in English.

Responsibilities

Deploy, configure, and maintain Linkerd service mesh across Kubernetes clusters.
Optimize network performance and latency for microservices using Rust-based proxies.
Implement mutual TLS (mTLS) and observability features to enhance security and visibility.
Troubleshoot complex networking issues within the service mesh and containerized environments.
Collaborate with platform and development teams to integrate Linkerd into CI/CD and GitOps workflows.
Contribute to the Linkerd open-source community or internal tooling to extend mesh capabilities.