CareerPlan

Senior Staff Platform Engineer - Kubernetes

USAFull-time$172k–$301k2026-10-17 → 2026-11-10
Hybrid

Core

Design, build, deploy, and operate cloud-native platform components and services, including operators, controllers, and automation.

Role type

Senior Staff Platform Engineer (Kubernetes)

Builds

Cloud-native platform components, operators, controllers, and automation services for internal teams.

Domain

Cloud-native infrastructure, Kubernetes, hyperscaler platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP)

Deliverable

production ML models

Required skills

Kubernetes, Go, CI/CD, GitOps, Infrastructure-as-Code, Cloud platforms (AWS/Azure/GCP), Container orchestration, Systems programming

Preferred skills

Kubernetes controllers, Operator pattern, Container networking, Service mesh, Workload identity, mTLS, Secrets management, Metrics, Tracing, Dashboards

Responsibilities

Design and deliver complex platform features, improve reliability and scalability, participate in on-call rotations, mentor junior engineers, collaborate on platform architecture.

Seniority

Senior Staff, hands-on IC with mentorship