Senior Software Engineer – Kubernetes Platform Engineering, Service Mesh & Developer Platforms [...]

Bank of America; Jersey City (NJ); On-site; USD 122,000 - 186,000; Full time

Job summary

Bank of America is seeking a Senior Software Engineer – Kubernetes Platform Engineering, Service Mesh & Developer Platforms (Golang APIs) to lead the design and delivery of cloud-native platform capabilities across the enterprise container ecosystem.

You will provide technical leadership for platform APIs, Kubernetes automation, service mesh enablement, CI/CD modernization, and self-service tooling to accelerate large-scale onboarding and lifecycle management.

Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, cloud-native development, or distributed systems engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Golang (Go) with hands-on API, microservices, controllers, operators, and automation experience.
• Hands-on experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and/or Red Hat OpenShift (OCP) in enterprise production environments.
• Experience designing, deploying, and supporting cloud-native applications and platform services.
• Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using Tekton, Argo CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or similar.
• Experience implementing and supporting GitOps-based deployment models.
• Hands-on experience with Service Mesh technologies such as Istio, Consul, Linkerd, or equivalent.
• Strong understanding of Microservices architecture, Distributed systems, Container tech, API-first development, cloud-native patterns.
• Experience integrating enterprise services like IAM, Secrets Management, Service Discovery, Security and Compliance controls.
• Experience with monitoring and observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, OpenTelemetry, Elasticsearch/Splunk, Jaeger.

Responsibilities

• Lead end-to-end delivery of complex features and automation at the program level.
• Define technology tool stack for the solution and evaluate new components.
• Develop Golang APIs and microservices for Kubernetes platforms.
• Enable service mesh and platform onboarding with self-service automation.
• Ensure observability, reliability, and scale of cloud-native platforms.

Skills

Golang APIs

Kubernetes

OpenShift

CI/CD

GitOps

Service Mesh

Microservices

Platform Engineering

IAM/Secrets

Observability

Tools

Tekton

Argo CD

Jenkins

GitHub Actions

GitLab CI/CD

Prometheus

Grafana

OpenTelemetry

Jaeger

Docker

Job description

Position Summary

The Senior Software Engineer – Kubernetes Platform Engineering, Service Mesh & Developer Platforms (Golang APIs) serves as a senior technical leader responsible for defining, designing, and delivering the next generation of cloud‑native platform capabilities across the bank's enterprise container ecosystem. The role provides technical leadership for platform APIs, Kubernetes automation, service mesh enablement, CI/CD modernization, and developer self‑service capabilities that support large‑scale application onboarding and lifecycle management.

Key Responsibilities

• Ensure that the design and engineering approach for complex features are consistent with the larger portfolio solution.
• Conduct research, design prototyping and other exploration activities such as evaluating new toolsets and components for release management, CI/CD, features, etc.
• Help define the technology tool stack for the solution.
• Evaluate and adapt new testing tool/framework/practices for team(s).
• Kubernetes and OpenShift platform engineering Golang API and microservices development.
• Service Mesh (Consul, Istio, Linkerd) enablement and automation.
• CI/CD and GitOps platforms (Tekton, ArgoCD).
• Platform onboarding and self‑service automation.
• Observability, reliability, and platform resiliency.
• Enterprise‑scale cloud‑native architecture and automation.
• Lead for one or more teams: Accountable for end-to-end delivery of complex features, including automation, at the program level.
• Work with stakeholders to establish high‑level solution needs and with architects for technical requirements.
• Lead the technical oversight for teams in solution development.

Required Qualifications

• 10+ years of experience in software engineering, platform engineering, cloud‑native development, or distributed systems engineering.
• Strong proficiency in Golang (Go) with hands‑on experience building APIs, microservices, controllers, operators, and automation solutions.
• Hands‑on experience with Kubernetes (K8s) and/or Red Hat OpenShift (OCP) in enterprise production environments.
• Experience designing, deploying, and supporting cloud‑native applications and platform services.
• Proven experience building and maintaining CI/CD pipelines using tools such as Tekton, Argo CD, Jenkins, GitHub Actions, GitLab CI/CD, or similar platforms.
• Experience implementing and supporting GitOps‑based deployment models.
• Hands‑on experience with Service Mesh technologies such as Istio, Consul, Linkerd, or equivalent service networking solutions.
• Strong understanding of Microservices architecture, Distributed systems design, Container technologies (Docker/OCI), API‑first development principles, Cloud‑native application patterns.
• Experience integrating enterprise services including Identity & Access Management (IAM), Secrets Management (Vault or equivalent), Service Discovery, Security and Compliance controls, Platform onboarding workflows.
• Experience with monitoring, observability, and troubleshooting tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, Dynatrace, OpenTelemetry, Elasticsearch/Splunk, Jaeger or distributed tracing platforms.
• Strong problem‑solving, debugging, performance tuning, and root‑cause analysis skills.
• Experience working collaboratively with Platform Engineering, SRE, DevOps, Infrastructure, Security, and Application Development teams.
• Strong communication skills with the ability to translate complex technical concepts into practical solutions.
• Demonstrated ownership, accountability, and ability to deliver solutions in large‑scale enterprise environments.

Desired Qualifications

• Experience with Kubernetes platforms such as OpenShift, EKS, AKS, Rancher, GKE, or Tanzu.
• Experience with Infrastructure as Code (Terraform, Ansible, Helm).
• Experience developing Kubernetes operators, controllers, or platform APIs.
• Familiarity with enterprise networking and security concepts including Ingress/Egress, API Gateways, TLS/mTLS, Zero Trust architectures.
• Experience supporting hybrid cloud and multi‑cluster environments.
• Exposure to financial services or other highly regulated industries.
• Experience building self‑service platform capabilities and developer enablement solutions.
• Experience driving automation initiatives that improve developer productivity, operational efficiency, and platform reliability.
• Kubernetes certifications such as CKA, CKAD, or CKS are a plus.

Characteristics of the Top Performer

• Strong ownership mindset and accountability.
• Passion for automation and platform engineering.
• Ability to lead technical initiatives from concept to production.
• Excellent collaboration and stakeholder management skills.
• Continuous learner with a focus on innovation and simplification.
• Ability to operate effectively across Kubernetes, Service Mesh, Cloud, Automation, and Platform Engineering domains.

Schedule

Shift: 1st shift (United States of America)

Hours & Compensation

Hours Per Week: 40

Pay range $122,000.00 - $200,000.00 annualized salary, offers to be determined based on experience, education, and skill set. Discretionary incentive eligible.

Benefits

This role is currently benefits eligible. We provide industry‑leading benefits, access to paid time off, resources and support to our employees so they can make a genuine impact and contribute to the sustainable growth of our business and the communities we serve.