Software Engineer - Traffic
About The Position
The Traffic team builds and operates trusted, large-scale systems that manage traffic flow, routing, and service connectivity across distributed environments. The team works closely with SRE, platform, and application engineering teams on infrastructure that affects platform reliability and performance. As a Traffic Engineer, you will help design, build, and operate traffic management and routing systems to improve availability, latency, scalability, and network security. The role involves modern infrastructure, including Kubernetes-based environments, and solving systems and networking problems at scale. The position cannot offer visa sponsorship.
Requirements
- Master’s degree or equivalent experience in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field; or a Bachelor’s degree or equivalent experience plus at least 2 years of relevant experience in traffic engineering, networking, infrastructure, or platform engineering.
- Programming experience in Java, C++, or Go, including debugging, data structures, and core concurrency concepts.
- Understanding of networking fundamentals, including TCP/IP, HTTP/HTTPS, DNS, load balancing, and TLS.
- Working knowledge of Linux and distributed systems fundamentals.
- Experience with or exposure to Kubernetes, Docker, and service-to-service networking.
Nice To Haves
- Familiarity with Envoy, NGINX, or HAProxy.
- Familiarity with observability tools such as Prometheus, Grafana, ELK, or OpenTelemetry.
Responsibilities
- Build and improve services and tools that manage traffic flow and routing across distributed systems.
- Implement secure service communication patterns, routing controls, and hardening measures to strengthen platform security.
- Support scalable service operation in Kubernetes environments through deployment, troubleshooting, and ongoing reliability improvements.
- Contribute to low-latency, high-throughput system design through profiling, benchmarking, and performance tuning.
- Use logs, metrics, and traces to investigate production issues, identify root causes, and improve operational stability.
- Partner with SRE, platform, and application teams to integrate reliable, maintainable, and safe traffic and networking solutions.
Benefits
- 401(k) eligibility
- Paid time off benefits, including PTO and parental leave
- Medical, financial, and other benefits
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Entry Level
