Software Engineer, Network

Stack

Responsibilities

• ▹Own edge networking configuration: routing, WAF policy, rate limiting, certificate management
• ▹Evolve the ingress layer (controllers, lifecycle, policy, Ingress API) so inbound traffic is reliable and self-service
• ▹Manage DNS across internal clusters and external zones
• ▹Build network-layer observability: latency, error rates, and routing visibility
• ▹Support Persona's regional expansion by extending networking scalably and maintainably
• ▹Help define the team's practices and technical standards: SDLC, AI tooling, static analysis, chaos engineering, simulation

Requirements

• ▹Experience building and shipping production services in a polyglot environment (Go, TypeScript, or similar)
• ▹Experience diagnosing production issues at the network layer, including how proxies and load balancers can obscure the real source of a problem
• ▹Kubernetes networking in practice: ingress controllers, DNS, network policies — not just running workloads
• ▹Manages infrastructure as code in practice, with change safety and governance as a feature, not a bug
• ▹Experience building internal platforms or tools with a track record of driving adoption across engineering teams

Nice to have

• ▹Cloudflare (Workers, WAF, Access, or Tunnel)
• ▹Istio or another service mesh in a multi-cluster environment
• ▹GKE or managed Kubernetes at scale
• ▹Ruby or Rails (Persona integrates with Ruby systems)
• ▹A hacker's heart for prototyping new ideas and ways of operating

Soft skills

What we offer

• ▹Medical, dental, and vision coverage
• ▹3% 401(k) contribution
• ▹Unlimited PTO
• ▹Quarterly mental health days
• ▹Family planning benefits
• ▹Professional development stipend
• ▹Wellness benefits

About the company

Persona is the configurable identity platform built for businesses in a digital-first world, verifying individuals and organizations for customers such as Reddit and OpenAI.