Senior Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

About The Role

You’ll join as a Platform Engineer focused on building and evolving a Kubernetes-based platform that abstracts complexity while preserving power. Work closely with the founding team to design systems, GitOps workflows, and the infrastructure layer that enables multi-cluster management for developers.

What you’ll do

• Build and extend core platform features using Go, including custom Kubernetes operators and controllers.
• Design and implement GitOps workflows with ArgoCD to streamline continuous deployment.
• Develop infrastructure-as-code patterns using Terraform and Helm to provision and manage clusters.
• Create observability and monitoring systems with Prometheus and Grafana to surface cluster health and performance.
• Build and optimize container networking for security and observability.
• Design and implement federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster management.
• Build automation tooling to reduce operational overhead for developers running production workloads.
• Contribute to open source components and establish platform architecture patterns as an early team member.

What we’re looking for

• 2+ years of software development experience with a strong foundation in Go and Kubernetes.
• Experience building developer tools or infrastructure products.
• Proficiency with GitOps and ArgoCD; experience with CI/CD pipelines is a plus.
• Hands-on experience with infrastructure provisioning tools such as Terraform and Helm; familiarity with Ansible or Kubespray is a plus.
• Background with service mesh technologies or CNI plugins.
• Experience with cloud platforms (AWS, GCP, Azure) and their managed Kubernetes offerings.
• Contributions to Kubernetes ecosystem tools or similar open source projects are a plus.
• Strong willingness to learn on the job and work effectively in a fast-paced environment.

Compensation & Benefits

Salary range: $150,000 - $200,000 annually. Equity and benefits are competitive and designed to attract and retain global talent.

Location

Primary location: San Francisco, CA, United States. On-site role with opportunities for occasional remote collaboration where appropriate.