Kubernetes Tech Lead

Must be based in the Continental United States8+ years of Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, SRE, DevOps, or Kubernetes Engineering experienceDeep hands-on experience building, scaling, and operating Kubernetes platforms in productionStrong understanding of Kubernetes architecture, networking, storage, security, and cluster lifecycle managementExperience designing and supporting large-scale, highly available production environmentsStrong AWS and/or hybrid cloud infrastructure experienceTerraform and Infrastructure as Code expertiseExperience with CI/CD, GitOps, and platform automationStrong programming or scripting skills in Go, Python, Bash, or JavaAdvanced Linux systems administration experienceExperience with monitoring, observability, alerting, and incident managementProven track record improving platform reliability, scalability, and developer experienceExperience building internal platform tooling and self-service capabilities for engineering teamsAbility to provide technical leadership, mentor engineers, and drive platform strategyHands-on engineer who remains actively involved in architecture, development, and operations rather than just people managementBachelor's degree in Computer Science, Engineering, or a related field preferredFinancial services or fintech experience preferred Desired Skills and Experience Must be based in the Continental United States 6+ years of Platform Engineering, Infrastructure Engineering, SRE, DevOps, or Kubernetes experience Deep hands-on Kubernetes experience in production environments Experience building, scaling, and operating Kubernetes platforms Strong AWS or cloud infrastructure experience Terraform and Infrastructure as Code expertise Strong programming or scripting skills (Go, Python, Java, or Bash) Experience with CI/CD, automation, and GitOps Strong Linux and distributed systems knowledge Experience with monitoring, observability, and platform reliability Background supporting large-scale, highly available production systems Technical leadership experience with architecture, mentoring, and platform strategy Hands-on engineers who still actively build and operate infrastructure platforms, not pure people managers Financial services or fintech experience preferred