Platform Engineer (Kubernetes), Mid-Level

About the Role

Join an early-stage team building infrastructure that makes production Kubernetes easier to deploy and manage for demanding AI workloads. You will help shape the platform layer and its multi-cluster capabilities, working across systems engineering, automation, and cloud-native infrastructure.

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 for scalable cluster storage.
• Create observability systems with Prometheus and Grafana to surface cluster health and performance.
• Build and optimize container networking with Cilium for security and observability.
• Design federated Kubernetes architectures for multi-cluster management.
• Develop automation that reduces operational work for teams running production workloads.

What We're Looking For

• At least 2 years of software development experience, with approximately 5 years preferred.
• Hands-on experience writing Go for Kubernetes environments and managing production-scale clusters.
• Experience with distributed storage such as Ceph or WEKA, federated Kubernetes, and multi-cluster management.
• Experience with GitOps and ArgoCD, plus infrastructure as code using Terraform, Helm, or comparable tools.
• Familiarity with cloud platforms, managed Kubernetes, container networking, or service mesh technologies.
• Experience with Prometheus and Grafana is useful, as are contributions to open-source infrastructure projects.

Compensation & Benefits

Annual salary of $180,000 to $210,000 USD. Visa sponsorship is available.

Location

This is a full-time, on-site role in San Francisco, California, United States.