Staff Software Engineer, Load Balancing and Agent Gateway

Requirements:

• Bachelor's degree or equivalent practical experience.
• 8 years of experience programming in C++, Java, Python, Kotlin or Go.
• 5 years of experience in a technical leadership role.
• 3 years of experience with software design and architecture.
• Experience with networking protocols (e.g., TCP/IP, BGP, OSPF, MPLS).

Nice to haves:

• Master’s degree or PhD in Engineering, Computer Science, or a related technical field.
• 8 years of experience with data structures/algorithms.
• 3 years of experience in a technical leadership role leading project teams and setting technical direction.
• 3 years of experience working in a complex, matrixed organization involving cross-functional, or cross-business projects.
• Experience designing and implementing scalable solutions using Kubernetes.

What you'll be doing:

• Design, develop, test, and maintain features for the GKE Agent Gateway, enhancing its capabilities for AI/ML workloads and Contribute to the GKE Gateway controller OSS community as a lead on Inference.
• Collaborate with Load Balancing development teams on requirements and integrations with Google Cloud Load Balancers (e.g., Envoy features and Service Extensions).
• Engage with and contribute to the upstream OSS Kubernetes Gateway API project.
• Work with AI/ML platform teams to ensure optimal routing, load balancing, and autoscaling for inference serving.
• Develop solutions that span both the Kubernetes control plane and the load balancing data plane and constantly work on improving observability, testability, and reliability of the Inference Gateway.

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