Senior Software Engineer – Kubernetes / Distributed Systems
Buoyant · – US / Canada / Brazil / Europe (CET-compatible) · posted Oct 7, 2026
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What this role actually asks for
Extracted by RemoteHuntMust have
- •Production infrastructure software experience
- •Kubernetes ecosystem expertise
- •Distributed systems/control-plane engineering
- •Go and/or Rust
- •Self-directed engineer
Nice to have
- •Kubernetes APIs
- •Controllers/operators
- •CRDs
- •Reconciliation systems
- •Networking
Tools and technologies
The full posting
Buoyant | Senior Software Engineer – Kubernetes / Distributed Systems | REMOTE – US / Canada / Brazil / Europe (CET-compatible) | Full-time
Buoyant is the company behind Linkerd, the CNCF-graduated service mesh for Kubernetes. We’re a small, fully remote engineering team building a new cloud-native infrastructure product. We’re looking for a senior, self-directed engineer who has built production infrastructure software and is comfortable working deep in the Kubernetes ecosystem. Relevant experience may include Kubernetes APIs, controllers/operators, CRDs, reconciliation systems, distributed systems/control-plane engineering, Go and/or Rust, gRPC, networking, service mesh, security, identity, or other cloud infrastructure. This is a hands-on role with significant architectural ownership on a small engineering team.
Location: Remote – US, Canada, South America, or Europe with Central European Time-compatible working hours.
Interested? Email scott.deakin@buoyant.io with “HN – Buoyant Control Plane” in the subject and include your LinkedIn, GitHub, or résumé.
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