Senior Software Engineer

Summary

Join Solo, a leading API and Service Mesh Management Platform company, as a Senior Software Engineer and be at the forefront of helping customers on their digital transformation journey. This remote role, based in the US, involves building products using cloud-native technology, working with customers, contributing to open source, and shaping the next generation of cloud networking. You will deliver high-quality solutions to complex technical problems, manage and optimize APIs, transform requirements into actionable tasks, and introduce best practices. The role also includes mentoring team members and participating in the hiring process. Solo offers a fun and fast-paced work culture focused on collaboration and customer success.

Requirements

• 5+ years of experience as a software engineer
• 2+ years working with Docker, Kubernetes, and Golang
• Experienced in building server side software in production and recognizes the challenges, complexities and tradeoffs to be made when building and deploying new systems to production

Responsibilities

• Deliver high-quality solutions to the complex technical problems our customers are facing
• Manage and optimize our APIs within the ever-evolving landscape of cloud-native environments, maintaining a seamless user experience
• Transform ambiguous requirements into actionable tasks, focusing on high-impact deliverables that provide the most value for our users
• Challenge the status quo by proposing ambitious and innovative solutions, driving our product forward
• Introduce and uphold best practices to ensure the health and maintainability of our codebase
• Act as a mentor and guide, offering constructive feedback during code and design reviews to foster growth within the team
• Participate in the hiring process, helping identify and recruit top talent so that our engineering team can continue to scale successfully

Preferred Qualifications

• Envoy proxy, Istio or other service mesh platforms
• Experience building k8s controllers and operators