Associate Lead - Kubernetes Platform

Associate Lead - Kubernetes Platform

Is your passion for Cloud Native Platform? That is, envisioning and building the core services that underpin all Thomson Reuters’ products? Then we want you on our India-based team! This role is in the Platform Engineering organization where we build the foundational services that power Thomson Reuters’ products.We focus on the subset of capabilities that help Thomson Reuters deliver digital products to our customers. Our mission is to build a durable competitive advantage for TR by providing “building blocks” that get value-to-market faster.

About the Role :

This role is within Platform Engineering’s Service Mesh team, a dedicated group which engineers and operates our Service Mesh capability, which is a microservice platform based on Kubernetes and Istio.

Primarily work with AWS and Azure public cloud, especially Kubernetes (AWS EKS and Azure AKS), Service Mesh technology like Istio, Terraform, Datadog, PagerDuty and Python, Golang, Java and / or .Net Core

Programming- Golang, Other - Java, C# & Primary Skill : Golang, Kubernates

Work closely with an architect, establish and entrench the architectural design & principles for Service Mesh

Participate in all aspects of the development lifecycle : Ideation, Design, Build, Test and Operate. We embrace a DevOps culture (“you build it, you run it”); while we have dedicated 24x7 level-1 support engineers, you may be called on to assist with level-2 support

About You :

6+ years software development experience

2+ years of experience building cloud native infrastructure, applications and services on AWS, Azure or GCP

Hands-on experience with Kubernetes , ideally AWS EKS and / or Azure AKS

Experience with Istio or other Service Mesh technologies

Experience with container security and supply chain security

Experience with declarative infrastructure-as-code, CI / CD automation and GitOps

Experience with Kubernetes operators written in Golang

A bachelor's degree in computer science, Computer Engineering or similar

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What’s in it For You?

Hybrid Work Model : We’ve adopted a flexible hybrid working environment (2-3 days a week in the office depending on the role) for our office-based roles while delivering a seamless experience that is digitally and physically connected.

Flexibility & Work-Life Balance : Flex My Way is a set of supportive workplace policies designed to help manage personal and professional responsibilities, whether caring for family, giving back to the community, or finding time to refresh and reset. This builds upon our flexible work arrangements, including work from anywhere for up to 8 weeks per year, empowering employees to achieve a better work-life balance.

Career Development and Growth : By fostering a culture of continuous learning and skill development, we prepare our talent to tackle tomorrow’s challenges and deliver real-world solutions. Our Grow My Way programming and skills-first approach ensures you have the tools and knowledge to grow, lead, and thrive in an AI-enabled future.

Industry Competitive Benefits : We offer comprehensive benefit plans to include flexible vacation, two company-wide Mental Health Days off, access to the Headspace app, retirement savings, tuition reimbursement, employee incentive programs, and resources for mental, physical, and financial wellbeing.

Culture : Globally recognized, award-winning reputation for inclusion and belonging, flexibility, work-life balance, and more. We live by our values : Obsess over our Customers, Compete to Win, Challenge (Y)our Thinking, Act Fast / Learn Fast, and Stronger Together.

Social Impact : Make an impact in your community with our Social Impact Institute. We offer employees two paid volunteer days off annually and opportunities to get involved with pro-bono consulting projects and Environmental, Social, and Governance (ESG) initiatives.

Making a Real-World Impact :  We are one of the few companies globally that helps its customers pursue justice, truth, and transparency. Together, with the professionals and institutions we serve, we help uphold the rule of law, turn the wheels of commerce, catch bad actors, report the facts, and provide trusted, unbiased information to people all over the world.

About Us

Thomson Reuters informs the way forward by bringing together the trusted content and technology that people and organizations need to make the right decisions. We serve professionals across legal, tax, accounting, compliance, government, and media. Our products combine highly specialized software and insights to empower professionals with the data, intelligence, and solutions needed to make informed decisions, and to help institutions in their pursuit of justice, truth, and transparency. Reuters, part of Thomson Reuters, is a world leading provider of trusted journalism and news.

We are powered by the talents of 26,000 employees across more than 70 countries, where everyone has a chance to contribute and grow professionally in flexible work environments. At a time when objectivity, accuracy, fairness, and transparency are under attack, we consider it our duty to pursue them. Sound exciting? Join us and help shape the industries that move society forward.

As a global business, we rely on the unique backgrounds, perspectives, and experiences of all employees to deliver on our business goals. To ensure we can do that, we seek talented, qualified employees in all our operations around the world regardless of race, color, sex / gender, including pregnancy, gender identity and expression, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, disability, age, marital status, citizen status, veteran status, or any other protected classification under applicable law. Thomson Reuters is proud to be an Equal Employment Opportunity Employer providing a drug-free workplace.

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