Platform Engineer, Kubernetes

ABOUT THE ROLE
Join an early-stage AI infrastructure team building tools that simplify production Kubernetes operations. You will help develop platform capabilities for managing clusters and demanding workloads across infrastructure environments.
WHAT YOU'LL DO
- Build platform features in Go, including custom Kubernetes operators and controllers.
- Design GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to streamline continuous deployment.
- Develop infrastructure-as-code patterns with Terraform and Helm to provision and manage clusters.
- Work with distributed storage technologies such as Ceph and WEKA.
- Create observability and monitoring systems with Prometheus and Grafana.
- Build and optimize container networking with Cilium.
- Design federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster management.
- Automate operational workflows to reduce the overhead of running production workloads.
WHAT WE'RE LOOKING FOR
- At least 2 years of software development experience, with around 5 years preferred.
- Hands-on experience writing Go for Kubernetes environments and managing production Kubernetes clusters at meaningful scale.
- Experience with distributed storage such as Ceph or WEKA, federated Kubernetes architectures, and multi-cluster management.
- Experience with GitOps and ArgoCD, plus infrastructure as code using Terraform and Helm or comparable tools.
- Familiarity with container networking, CNI plugins, service mesh technologies, and cloud platforms such as AWS, GCP, or Azure.
- Experience automating infrastructure or operational workflows; familiarity with Prometheus, Grafana, GPUs, or bare-metal infrastructure is useful.
- Strong software development fundamentals and interest in cloud-native infrastructure.
COMPENSATION & BENEFITS
Base salary is $180,000 to $210,000 annually. Visa sponsorship is available.
LOCATION
On-site in San Francisco, California, United States.

Skills
Kubernetes, AWS, Azure, GCP, Terraform

Experience
2+ yrs

Employment type
FullTime

Work arrangement
No