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 Kubernetes networking
- Proficiency in Go or Python for tooling and automation
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