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Senior Software Engineer - Kubernetes

United States, Washington, RedmondFull-time2026-10-14 → 2026-11-10

Core

Design, build, and operate cloud infrastructure platform components on Kubernetes for planetary-scale services, focusing on reliability, security, networking, and cost efficiency.

Role type

Senior IC Kubernetes platform engineer

Builds

Cloud infrastructure platform components and AI-agentic systems for Kubernetes-based infrastructure

Domain

Cloud infrastructure / Distributed systems

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Kubernetes, containers, cloud-native infrastructure, distributed systems, reliability engineering, security, observability, networking, C, C++, C#, Java, JavaScript, Python

Preferred skills

AI-agentic systems, AI-assisted operations, mentoring, cross-team architectural alignment

Technologies

Kubernetes, Azure

Responsibilities

Lead design and code reviews across feature areas; participate in all stages of the engineering lifecycle from research to live site support; deploy across all Azure regions; identify bottlenecks and engineer solutions for complex production systems; lead cross-organization alignment with adjacent infrastructure and platform teams; raise the engineering bar through design reviews and operational standards; shape safe use of AI-agentic systems for Kubernetes infrastructure.

Seniority

Senior, hands-on IC