Principal Engineer II
Core
Drive technical vision and lead large-scale architectural transformations from legacy monoliths to cloud-native microservices for a global infrastructure platform.
Role type
Principal Platform Infrastructure Engineer
Builds
Globally distributed, cloud-native infrastructure services (VMs, Kubernetes, networking, observability)
Domain
Cloud Infrastructure & Platform Engineering
Deliverable
infrastructure
Required skills
Kubernetes administration, Terraform, Python, Bash, Go, Cloud networking, Observability (Grafana/Prometheus), GitOps, LLM tooling
Preferred skills
None stated
Technologies
Google Kubernetes Engine, GCP, AWS, Terraform, Spacelift, Grafana Cloud, Prometheus, Mimir, OTel, Cilium, Gemini, Claude
Responsibilities
Define long-term architectural roadmap and design/deploy VM and Kubernetes infrastructure; Lead strategic modernization of services from monoliths to microservices; Build and maintain Infrastructure as Code (IaC) and manage cloud resources; Partner with cross-functional teams on resilient system design; Build observability solutions and manage certificate lifecycle/DNS/service mesh; Automate workflows and build CI/CD pipelines; Participate in 24x7 on-call rotation.
Seniority
Principal, hands-on IC with strategic leadership