Service Mesh Engineer

Location: Remote
Compensation: Salary
Reviewed: Mon, May 18, 2026
This job expires in: 28 days

Job Summary

Service Mesh Engineer, responsible for designing, deploying, and operating service mesh platforms primarily using Istio and Linkerd in a full-time, remote position.

Key Responsibilities
  • Design and operate service mesh platforms across multi-cluster Kubernetes environments
  • Implement mTLS, traffic management policies, and integrate with ingress and API gateways
  • Profile and optimize mesh performance while developing onboarding guides for application teams
Required Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in Computer Science or a related field
  • Five or more years of experience in platform engineering, SRE, or networking roles
  • Hands-on experience operating Istio or Linkerd in production
  • Strong understanding of Envoy proxy internals and deep Kubernetes expertise
  • Proficiency in Go or Python for tooling and automation

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