Job Description

Skill Level 3   20 years with BS

Profile: A senior engineer who can design, implement, and improve distributed application orchestration logic, mentor peers, and contribute to the architectural direction of the system.

Responsibilities

Design scalable workflows for deploying and managing Kubernetes-native applications

Lead the development of reusable Helm charts, GitOps templates, and deployment strategies

Build system-aware controllers or agents that automate app lifecycle tasks

Contribute to platform-wide architecture decisions (e.g., deployment strategy, multi-cluster config, observability)

Mentor junior engineers and review code for reliability, clarity, and best practices

Collaborate with DevOps and platform teams to ensure secure and compliant deployments

Core Skills

Deep experience with Go or Python in cloud-native contexts

Strong Kubernetes experience: CRDs, Helm, GitOps, multi-tenant app deployments

Experience with event-driven or agent-based systems (e.g., Kafka, controller patterns)

Familiar with infrastructure automation (Terraform, cloud-init, Ansible)

Comfortable balancing automation and operator oversight in complex environments

Leadership Traits

Owns end-to-end delivery of system components

Helps shape internal standards and shared tooling

Guides team through design decisions and tradeoffs

Thinks in systems, not just services