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Are you passionate about containerized applications and cloud-native software development? If so, we have an exciting opportunity for you At Azure Kubernetes Service (AKS) traffic team, we build traffic management solutions for AKS customers. The product streamlines communication and enhances the reliability of micro-services in a cloud-native environment. Our mission is to make networking "just work" for Kubernetes developers—whether they're deploying their first service or operating a complex, multi-tier application across regions.

As a Senior Software Engineer, you will play a key role in designing, implementing, and scaling critical networking components and features within the AKS platform. This includes traffic routing, load balancing, network observability, ingress/egress control, and integration with Kubernetes-native and Azure-native services. You will work with Kubernetes open-source technologies and contribute to the broader cloud-native ecosystem.

This is a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of open source, cloud platform development, and AI. You'll collaborate with various Azure product teams and the Kubernetes community to shape the future of Kubernetes networking—supporting huge amount of Azure customers, including those building the next generation of AI-powered applications.

Responsibilities

  • Partners with appropriate stakeholders to determine requirements for a set of scenarios.
  • Leads identification of dependencies and the development of design documents for a product, application, service, or platform
  • Leads by example and mentors others to produce extensible and maintainable code used across products.
  • Stay up to date with emerging technologies and patterns to continuously improve availability, reliability, performance, observability, and efficiency of our systems. Share learnings and best practices with the broader engineering team.

Qualifications

Required Qualifications:
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science or related technical field AND 4+ years backend development experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Golang or Rust OR equivalent experience.
  • 2+ years of experience in development of cloud native L3 (network layer) to L7 (application layer) network traffic management techniques.
  • 2+ years of experience with Kubernetes development.

Preferred Qualifications
  • Bachelor's degree in computer science OR related technical field AND 6+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Golang or Rust OR Master's
  • Degree in Computer Science or related technical field AND 4+ years technical engineering experience with coding in languages including, but not limited to, C, C++, Golang or Rust OR equivalent experience.
  • Hands-on experiences of developing and maintaining a network product in a cloud environment.
  • Trackable records of building/maintaining Kubernetes L3 - L7 network stack (CNI (container network interface), mesh etc).

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