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Senior Software Development Engineer, AWS Kubernetes, EKS Scalability

Seattle, Washington, United States💼 Full-time💰 $168,100–$227,400🗓 2026-07-15 → 2026-07-31

Core

Design, deliver, and operate Amazon EKS (Kubernetes) at massive scale, contributing upstream to Kubernetes and etcd projects to improve performance, security, and stability.

Role type

Senior IC Kubernetes scalability engineer

Builds

Upstream Kubernetes and etcd projects, open-source tools (KIT, Karpenter), and AWS EKS control plane features

Domain

Cloud infrastructure, distributed systems, container orchestration

Deliverable

production ML models | product features | infrastructure

Required skills

Large-scale distributed systems design, Linux systems development, networking, system architecture, mentoring, open-source community engagement

Preferred skills

Full SDLC experience, Kubernetes ecosystem, Docker, container management, Kafka, network troubleshooting

Technologies

Kubernetes, etcd, Docker, Karpenter, KIT

Responsibilities

Collaborate with upstream community to integrate AWS services with Kubernetes, maintain upstream projects, recommend architectural improvements, expand test coverage, troubleshoot customer bugs, mentor junior engineers, define roadmap and priorities

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC with mentorship responsibilities

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